Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27395

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 12 October 2023

Published
12 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 63.0th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27395 is a critical-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Softether Vpn. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the vpnserver WpcParsePacket() functionality of SoftEther VPN 4.41-9782-beta, 5.01.9674 and 5.02. A specially crafted network packet can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

softether
vpn
4.41-9782, 5.01.9674, 5.02

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References