CVE-2023-48425 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

U-Boot vulnerability resulting in persistent Code Execution

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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 0.00118.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Google Chromecast Chromecast Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google_Devices

Published: 2023-12-11T05:15:59.638Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:44:28.733Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-48425

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:30:34.984Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-11T06:15:42.813

Modified: 2025-05-27T15:15:31.120

Link: CVE-2023-48425

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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