CVE-2023-23298
The `Toybox.Graphics.BufferedBitmap.initialize` API method in CIQ API version 2.3.0 through 4.1.7...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-23298- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-23298- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-27398 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-27398- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r4jf-j22c-rq3p
The `Toybox.Graphics.BufferedBitmap.initialize` API method in CIQ API version 2.3.0 through 4.1.7...
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.
- Record
GHSA-r4jf-j22c-rq3p- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-23298 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Garmin Connect-iq, published May 23, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.