Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38938

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 07 August 2023

Published
07 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0017 38.1th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38938 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Tenda F1202 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 38.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Tenda F1202 V1.2.0.9, PA202 V1.1.2.5, PW201A V1.1.2.5 and FH1202 V1.2.0.9 were discovered to contain a stack overflow via the page parameter at /L7Im.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tenda
f1202 firmware
1.2.0.9
tenda
pa202 firmware
1.1.2.5
tenda
pw201a firmware
1.1.2.5
tenda
fh1202 firmware
1.2.0.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References