Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-24876 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 28% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability affects the corresponding printer drivers in Microsoft Windows environments. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-24876 with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and is associated with CWE-122, indicating a heap-based buffer overflow condition that can be reached over the network.
An attacker with low privileges and no user interaction required can send specially crafted print jobs or driver data across the network to trigger the vulnerability, resulting in arbitrary code execution with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
The primary reference points to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24876, which supplies official details on affected builds and remediation steps. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.1322 with no material change from its recorded peak, and no additional information on in-the-wild exploitation is supplied in the source data.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28866
Vulnerability Data
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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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.
Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover heap-overflow flaws but does not prevent their introduction in code.
Timely patching removes known heap-overflow instances after they exist.
Secure-development practices directly require bounds checking and safe memory handling that prevent heap 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.