Buffer Overflow vulnerability in free5gc 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in free5gc 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PFCP message with malformed PFCP Heartbeat message whose Recovery Time Stamp IE length is mutated to zero.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00851 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/free5gc/free5gc (Go) | up to 3.3.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-6944-6pmv-6mp2 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/free5gc/free5gc (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 3.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6944-6pmv-6mp2
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-47345
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6944-6pmv-6mp2
References
More Free5gc vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32298 Incorrect authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-32297 free5GC: SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-32295 free5GC: NEF nnef-oam route group is unauthenticated; no-token requests reach the OAM handler CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-39412 free5gc v4.1.0 and before is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-32294 Missing authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-32283 Missing authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-47345 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-47345 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6944-6pmv-6mp2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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