Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40041

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 08 August 2023

Published
08 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 0.0043 63.1th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40041 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Totolink T10 V2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK T10_v2 5.9c.5061_B20200511 has a stack-based buffer overflow in setWiFiWpsConfig in /lib/cste_modules/wps.so. Attackers can send crafted data in an MQTT packet, via the pin parameter, to control the return address and execute code.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
t10 v2 firmware
5.9c.5061_b20200511

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.

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