CVE-2023-40459 json
Improper input leads to DoS
published 2023-12-04 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-45030
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.3%
- EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The ACEManager component of ALEOS 4.16 and earlier does not adequately perform input sanitization during authentication, which could potentially result in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for ACEManager without impairing other router functions. ACEManager recovers from the DoS condition by restarting within ten seconds of becoming unavailable.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-23-341-06 updated cvss 7.5
Sierra Wireless AirLink with ALEOS firmware
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Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS firmware <4.9.9, <4.17.0affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Sierra Wireless has released the following software fixes and recommends users update their devices:” source.sierrawireless.com
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- SierraWireless ALEOS
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-40459
- NVD CVE-2023-40459
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