Security Resilience

CVE-2023-0754

Memory Safety in Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server ≤ 7.612

Memory Safety
Published
23 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.029 87th percentile
Risk Priority 76 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-2023-0754 is a critical-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique LSA Secrets (T1003.004); ranked in the top 13% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The affected products are vulnerable to an integer overflow or wraparound, which could  allow an attacker to crash the server and remotely execute arbitrary code.

CWE(s)
CWE-190

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
T1008 Fallback Channels Command And Control
Adversaries may use fallback or alternate communication channels if the primary channel is compromised or inaccessible in order to maintain reliable command and control and to avoid data transfer thresholds.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-0755Same product: Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server
CVE-2023-5908Same product: Ptc Thingworx Industrial Connectivity
CVE-2023-5869Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-46384Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-20884Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-34640Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-43818Shared CWE-190
CVE-2023-28237Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-42144Shared CWE-190
CVE-2023-38698Shared CWE-190

Affected Assets

ge
digital industrial gateway server
≤ 7.612
ptc
kepware server
≤ 6.12
ptc
kepware serverex
≤ 6.12
ptc
thingworx .net-sdk
≤ 5.8.4.971
ptc
thingworx edge c-sdk
≤ 2.2.12.1052
ptc
thingworx edge microserver
≤ 5.4.10.0
ptc
thingworx industrial connectivity
all versions
ptc
thingworx kepware edge
≤ 1.5
rockwellautomation
kepserver enterprise
≤ 6.12

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)
  • V5.2.6

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 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

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.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References