CVE-2023-33218
Stack Buffer Overflow in a binary run at upgrade startup
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to a Remote Code execution on the targeted device.
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
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Stack Buffer Overflow in a binary run at upgrade startup
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to a Remote Code execution on the targeted device.
- Record
CVE-2023-33218- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-37388
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to a Remote Code execution on the targeted device.
- Record
EUVD-2023-37388- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9q2h-gmqj-3mxj
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack...
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to a Remote Code execution on the targeted device.
- Record
GHSA-9q2h-gmqj-3mxj- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Parameter Zone Read and Parameter Zone Write command handlers allow performing a Stack buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to a Remote Code execution on the targeted device.
- Record
CVE-2023-33218- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - 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-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- idemia morphowave compact/xp
- idemia morphowave sp
- idemia morphowave compact firmware
- idemia morphowave sp firmware
- idemia morphowave xp firmware
- idemia sigma extreme
- idemia sigma lite & lite +
- idemia sigma wide
- idemia sigma extreme firmware
- idemia sigma lite\+ firmware
- idemia sigma lite firmware
- idemia sigma wide firmware
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33218 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Idemia Morphowave Compact/xp, published December 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.14%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.