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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2023-33010",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Zyxel firewalls — overflow in the identifier handling",
  "summary": "A second buffer overflow in Zyxel's firewall firmware, this one in the identifier processing, lets an attacker with no credentials crash the device or execute code. The affected firmware reaches back to the 4.25 releases.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 9.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
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  "epss": 0.28813,
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    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2023-06-05",
    "prerequisites": "Network access to the affected service on the device."
  },
  "remediation": {
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  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1190"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Update the firewall firmware past 5.36 Patch 1. The same release closes the notification overflow published beside this one, so one update covers both.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33010",
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      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
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    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-multiple-buffer-overflow-vulnerabilities-of-firewalls"
    }
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  "published_at": "2023-05-24T13:15:09.640Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
  "tags": [
    "zyxel",
    "firewall",
    "buffer-overflow",
    "network-device",
    "kev"
  ]
}