CVE-2023-5184
Potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Zephyr IPM driver
Two potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities at the following locations in the Zephyr IPM drivers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Zephyr IPM driver
Two potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities at the following locations in the Zephyr IPM drivers.
- Record
CVE-2023-5184- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120, CWE-195
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57521
Two potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities at the following locations in the Zephyr IPM drivers.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57521- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Two potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities at the following locations in the Zephyr IPM drivers.
- Record
CVE-2023-5184- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120, CWE-195, CWE-681
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Zephyr IPM driver
Two potential signed to unsigned conversion errors and buffer overflow vulnerabilities at the following locations in the Zephyr IPM drivers.
- Record
CVE-2023-5184- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120, CWE-195
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5184 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published September 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-8x3p-q3r5-xh9g
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/07/1
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/1
packetstormsecurity.com/files/175657/Zephyr-RTOS-3.x.0-Buffer-Overflows.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5184