CVE-2023-3261
Published: 14 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-3261 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Cyberpower Powerpanel Server. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-43937
Vulnerability details
The Dataprobe iBoot PDU running firmware version 1.43.03312023 or earlier contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the librta.so.0.0.0 library.Successful exploitation could cause denial of service or unexpected behavior with respect to all interactions relying on the targeted vulnerable binary, including…
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the ability to log in via the web server.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.