Possible stack overflow due to insufficient input validation
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Improper input validation vulnerability in Samsung Open Source Escargot allows stack overflow and segmentation fault. This issue affects Escargot: from 3.0.0 through 4.0.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00714 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-41268
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr9j-hqv7-g8jm
References
More Samsung Escargot vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-34891 Out-of-bounds write in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-34888 Heap-based buffer overflow in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-34887 Use after free in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29198 Type confusion in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-20364 Integer overflow in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-20363 Out-of-bounds write in Samsung Escargot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-41268 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-41268 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wr9j-hqv7-g8jm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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