7.5

CVE-2023-27783: broadcom tcpreplay Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-27783DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27783
Published 16-03-2023Last modified 26-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-27783 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in broadcom tcpreplay. EPSS estimates a 1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.51%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2023-0188OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0267-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13108-1USN-7231-1

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue found in TCPreplay tcprewrite v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the tcpedit_dlt_cleanup function at plugins/dlt_plugins.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.51% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Tcpreplay

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Broadcom1 product
Debian1 product
  • tcpreplayAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.4-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • tcpreplay< 4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 | < 4.3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | < 4.3.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links