CVE-2023-45318 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-45318

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HTTP Server...

Vulnerability Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HTTP Server functionality of Weston Embedded uC-HTTP git commit 80d4004. A specially crafted network packet can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Discovered by Kelly Patterson of Cisco Talos.

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Affected Vendor

Silicon Labs

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Affected Software

Gecko Platform, uC-HTTP
Vulnerable Versions:
Silicon Labs Gecko Platform 4.3.2.0, git commit 80d4004

Timeline

Official Publish: February 20th, 2024
Last Modified: November 4th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion