CVE-2023-21732
Published: 10 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-21732 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2023-21732 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Microsoft ODBC Driver. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and is associated with CWE-121.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over a network with low attack complexity and user interaction required, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Microsoft security advisories at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21732 describe available updates and mitigation steps for affected ODBC Driver installations.
The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak and current value of 0.0672.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-25899
Vulnerability details
Microsoft ODBC Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.