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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2023-53966

CRITICAL9.8

SOUND4 LinkAndShare Transmitter 1.1.2 Format String Stack Buffer Overflow

Published Dec 22, 2025

Modified 3 weeks ago

No fix available

Details

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

WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53966 DETECTIONhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51259 ADVISORYhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-linkandshare-transmitter-format-string-stack-buffer-overflow DETECTIONhttps://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2023-5744.php

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

9.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Attack Requirements

NoneAT:N

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Vulnerable System

Vuln. Confidentiality

HighVC:H

Vuln. Integrity

HighVI:H

Vuln. Availability

HighVA:H

Subsequent System

Subseq. Confidentiality

NoneSC:N

Subseq. Integrity

NoneSI:N

Subseq. Availability

NoneSA:N

9.3/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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

Format String Vulnerability

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 22, 2025

ModifiedDec 22, 2025

CVE-2023-53966 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence