CVE-2023-24913
Published: 14 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-24913 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2023-24913 is a remote code execution issue in the Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver, assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8. It is associated with CWE-122 and permits an attacker to achieve full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability when successfully triggered.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw over a network connection without user interaction, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the affected Windows system through the printer driver.
Microsoft has published official guidance for this vulnerability in its Security Response Center advisories, which include details on available updates and mitigation options.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1322 with no material rise observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28901
Vulnerability details
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer 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.