Arista CloudEOS Software Forwarding Engine buffer over-read
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Arista CloudEOS. This affects an unknown function of the component Software Forwarding Engine. The manipulation leads to buffer over-read. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-24513. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Arista CloudEOS (Cloud Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Software Forwarding Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer over-read vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-126. The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
On affected platforms running Arista CloudEOS an issue in the Software Forwarding Engine (Sfe) can lead to a potential denial of service attack by sending malformed packets to the switch. This causes a leak of packet buffers and if enough malformed packets are received, the switch may eventually stop forwarding traffic.
The weakness was released 04/13/2023. The advisory is shared at arista.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-24513 since 01/24/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28531). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (Arista Networks, Inc.): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Buffer over-readCWE: CWE-126 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/24/2023 🔍04/13/2023 🔍
04/13/2023 🔍
10/22/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: arista.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-24513 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24513
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225761
EUVD: 🔍
Entry
Created: 04/13/2023 09:10Updated: 10/22/2025 20:29
Changes: 04/13/2023 09:10 (47), 10/22/2025 20:29 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103
Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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