Vulnerability · Published May 23, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-23298
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The `Toybox.Graphics.BufferedBitmap.initialize` API method in CIQ API version 2.3.0 through 4.1.7 does not validate its parameters, which can result in integer overflows when allocating the underlying bitmap buffer. A malicious application could call the API method with specially crafted parameters and hijack the execution of the device's firmware.