Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-53966

RCE

Title: Format string vulnerability allows RCE and application crash.

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-53966.

CWE Category CWE-134
Published Date Dec 22, 2025
Modified Date Dec 31, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.3 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-53966: 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.

Impacted Vendors

S
sound4 1

Reference Links

https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51259 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-linkandshare-transmitter-format-string-stack-buffer-overflow https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2023-5744.php https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2023-5744.php
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-53966 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.