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01 Record

CVE-2023-20159

Cisco Small Business Series Switches Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score8.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

02 Description

Cisco Small Business Series Switches Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
  • Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
11.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2023-05-18 00:00Z3 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-10-28 16:04Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2022-10-27
Assigning CNA
cisco
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a366c8637b8cbe446399194ef3e736b0a077e456b56cb5f8a12f7972c3072692

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
cisco250_series_smart_switches_firmware0 to < 2.5.9.16—

06 References