CVE-2023-36998
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.9 High
- Published
- Jan 22, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 28, 2023
Description
The NextEPC MME <= 1.0.1 (fixed in commit a8492c9c5bc0a66c6999cb5a263545b32a4109df) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Emergency Number List decoding method. An attacker may send a NAS message containing an oversized Emergency Number List value to the MME to overwrite the stack with arbitrary bytes. An attacker with a cellphone connection to any base station managed by the MME may exploit this vulnerability without having to authenticate with the LTE core.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.9 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
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