CVE-2023-48424 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

U-Boot shell vulnerability resulting in Privilege escalation in a production device

Published: 2023-12-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Android

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Android SoC`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:google:chromecast_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:google:chromecast:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00077.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/chromecast/2023-12-01

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chromecast Chromecast Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google_Devices

Published: 2023-12-11T05:13:01.011Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T17:20:13.162Z

Reserved: 2023-11-16T16:28:09.702Z

Link: CVE-2023-48424

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-11T06:15:42.767

Modified: 2026-02-25T18:18:43.707

Link: CVE-2023-48424

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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