CVE-2023-40459
Published: 04 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-40459 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-45030
Vulnerability details
The ACEManager component of ALEOS 4.16 and earlier does not adequately perform input sanitization during authentication, which could potentially result in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for ACEManager without impairing other router functions. ACEManager recovers from the DoS condition…
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by restarting within ten seconds of becoming unavailable.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.