CVE-2023-24924

Memory Safety in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 r2

Memory Safety

Published

11 April 2023

Modified

21 November 2024

Patch / advisory

View advisory

CVSS Score v3.1 8.8

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.016 76th percentile

Risk Priority 73 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

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, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 24% 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.

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 Data

Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s): CWE-125 NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control

Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.

attack.mitre.org →

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control

Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access

Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…

attack.mitre.org →

Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

microsoft

windows 10 1507

≤ 10.0.10240.19869

microsoft

windows 10 1607

≤ 10.0.14393.5850

microsoft

windows 10 1809

≤ 10.0.17763.4252

microsoft

windows 10 20h2

≤ 10.0.19042.2846

microsoft

windows 10 21h2

≤ 10.0.19044.2846

microsoft

windows 10 22h2

≤ 10.0.19045.2846

microsoft

windows 11 21h2

≤ 10.0.22000.1817

microsoft

windows 11 22h2

≤ 10.0.22621.1555

microsoft

windows server 2012

all versions, r2

microsoft

windows server 2016

all versions

+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

ID.RA-01 partial match

blocks

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match

blocks

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

PR.PS-06 partial match

blocks

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

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.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match

removes

A.5.15 Access control partial match

removes

A.5.16 Identity management partial match

removes

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match

removes

A.5.18 Access rights partial match

removes

A.8.10 Information deletion partial match

removes