Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0103

Memory Safety in Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U Firmware 01.80

Memory Safety
Published
15 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0066 49th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-0103 is a high-severity Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) vulnerability in Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 49th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

If an attacker were to access memory locations of LS ELECTRIC XBC-DN32U with operating system version 01.80 that are outside of the communication buffer, the device stops operating. This could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.

CWE(s)
CWE-788

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-22804Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2023-22803Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2023-0102Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2023-22805Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2023-22807Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2023-22806Same product: Ls-Electric Xbc-Dn32U
CVE-2026-20052Shared CWE-788
CVE-2024-38304Shared CWE-788
CVE-2025-43580Shared CWE-788
CVE-2024-20402Shared CWE-788

Affected Assets

ls-electric
xbc-dn32u firmware
01.80

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require bounds checking and input validation that prevent out-of-bounds buffer accesses.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect buffer-overrun defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle includes buffer-handling practices that reduce out-of-bounds accesses.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can mandate bounds checking and safe memory APIs.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe pointer arithmetic and unbounded buffers.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly forbid writing or reading past buffer ends.

References