CVE-2023-24924
Published: 11 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-24924 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2023-24924 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and is associated with CWE-125.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue over a network connection without requiring user interaction, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Microsoft security advisories published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24924 address mitigation steps and available patches for the printer driver components.
The associated EPSS score stands at a current value of 0.1104 with a recorded peak of 0.1122.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28912
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.