Security Resilience

CVE-2023-22297

Memory Safety in Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcrlc Firmware ≤ 2.90

Published
10 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0020 9th percentile
Risk Priority 53 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-2023-22297 is a high-severity Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) vulnerability in Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcrlc Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Access of memory location after end of buffer in some Intel(R) Server Board BMC firmware before version 2.90 may allow a privileged user to enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control
Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.
T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
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.
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…
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.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2023-22442Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-28411Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-25545Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-22379Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-25776Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-25175Same product: Intel Server System D50Tnp1Mhcpac
CVE-2023-28410Same vendor: Intel

Affected Assets

intel
server system d50tnp1mhcrlc firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system d50tnp1mhcpac firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system d50tnp2mhsvac firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system d50tnp2mhstac firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system d50tnp1mhcrac firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system d50tnp2mfalac firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system m50cyp1ur204 firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system m50cyp1ur212 firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system m50cyp2ur312 firmware
≤ 2.90
intel
server system m50cyp2ur208 firmware
≤ 2.90

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

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-119

Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.

addresses: CWE-119

Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.

addresses: CWE-119

Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.

addresses: CWE-119

Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.

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 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.

blocks

A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices (secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing including code scans and penetration tests, developer training) that reach buffer management and can stop many out-of-bounds accesses from reaching production, but leaves a bounded remainder (e.g. defects that slip past imperfect testing, non-software systems, or outsourced development without full assurance).

blocks

A.8.26 explicitly lists resilience against buffer overflow (and SQLi) as one of the application security requirements to identify/address during development or acquisition; well-implemented, this reaches a minority slice of CWE-788 instances (those caught in requirements/risk assessment) but leaves most implementation-level buffer errors untouched.

blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (defense-in-depth, least privilege, fail securely, distrust external input, hardening, zero-trust verification) plus design reviews against known attack patterns, which can stop buffer overruns from being exploitable in many cases but leaves a bounded remainder (e.g. unsafe legacy code, unsafe third-party libraries, or implementation errors that slip past reviews).

prevents

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

finds

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

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-119, a class-level weakness. Rules are authored against its narrower children: CWE-823.

References