Cyber 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 86th percentile
Risk Priority 76 floored blend · peak EPSS

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 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 14% 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

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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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-2024-49994Shared CWE-190
CVE-2024-21450Shared CWE-190
CVE-2025-21243Shared CWE-190
CVE-2024-38144Shared CWE-190
CVE-2025-29072Shared CWE-190
CVE-2024-36616Shared CWE-190
CVE-2023-35315Shared CWE-190
CVE-2026-23833Shared 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 mostly match
prevents

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

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

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References