CVE-2023-0426
Stack overflow in filename or in boundary
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ABB
Description
ABB is aware of vulnerabilities in the product versions listed below. An update is available that resolves the reported vulnerabilities in the product versions under maintenance. An attacker who successfully exploited one or more of these vulnerabilities could cause the product to stop or make the product inaccessible. Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ABB Freelance controllers AC 700F (conroller modules), ABB Freelance controllers AC 900F (controller modules).This issue affects: Freelance controllers AC 700F: from 9.0;0 through V9.2 SP2, through Freelance 2013, through Freelance 2013SP1, through Freelance 2016, through Freelance 2016SP1, through Freelance 2019 , through Freelance 2019 SP1, through Freelance 2019 SP1 FP1; Freelance controllers AC 900F: through Freelance 2013, through Freelance 2013SP1, through Freelance 2016, through Freelance 2016SP1, through Freelance 2019, through Freelance 2019 SP1, through Freelance 2019 SP1 FP1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ABB
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
ABB · Freelance controllers AC 700F
- affected 9.0;0 – ≤ V9.2 SP2
- affected ≤ Freelance 2013
- affected ≤ Freelance 2013SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2016
- affected ≤ Freelance 2016SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019 SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019 SP1 FP1
ABB · Freelance controllers AC 900F
- affected ≤ Freelance 2013
- affected ≤ Freelance 2013SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2016
- affected ≤ Freelance 2016SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019 SP1
- affected ≤ Freelance 2019 SP1 FP1
What to do
Workaround: ABB has tested the following workarounds. Although these workarounds will not correct the underlying vulnerabilities, they can help block known attack vectors. CVE-2023-0426: Stack Overflow We recommend disabling the webserver when not needed. The webserver is disabled by default from Freelance 2019 SP1 FP1 on (see Release Notes 2PAA124716-112).
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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