CVE-2023-53966

critical

Description

SOUND4 LinkAndShare Transmitter 1.1.2 contains a format string vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger memory stack overflows through maliciously crafted environment variables. Attackers can manipulate the username environment variable with format string payloads to potentially execute arbitrary code and crash the application.

References

https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2023-5744.php

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51259

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-linkandshare-transmitter-format-string-stack-buffer-overflow

https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-22

Updated: 2025-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00073