Unchecked user input length in the Zephyr WiFi shell module

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4257",
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    "title": "Unchecked user input length in the Zephyr WiFi shell module",
    "summary": "Unchecked user input length in /subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_shell.c can cause buffer overflows.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.456651653Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4257.json",
        "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-853q-q69w-gf5j",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 491887,
  "published_at": "2023-10-13T21:09:51.733+00:00"
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