CVE-2023-24876

Deeper analysis

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.