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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2023-24911 is a medium-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 36% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
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CVE-2023-24911 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver, published on March 14, 2023. It received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and low privileges required, with the weakness catalogued under CWE-191.
An authenticated attacker with network access can exploit the flaw to obtain limited sensitive information from the affected printer driver component without requiring user interaction or impacting integrity or availability.
Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24911 addresses the issue and supplies guidance on available updates. The associated EPSS score has remained low and essentially flat, with a current value of 0.0554 against a recorded peak of 0.0567.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28899
Vulnerability Data
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Mitigating Controls
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent integer underflow defects via input validation, bounds checking, and static analysis.
Vulnerability scanning and code analysis can surface underflow flaws after they are introduced.
Routine patching can remediate known underflow bugs once they are discovered in deployed software.
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.
Security testing in development catches integer underflow defects before release.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer underflow.
Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid underflow conditions.
Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.
Secure coding standards directly prescribe safe integer handling and overflow/underflow prevention.