Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-35383

Memory Safety in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2

Memory Safety
Published
08 August 2023
Modified
10 August 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.030 86th percentile
Risk Priority 62 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-35383 is a high-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 14% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Microsoft Message Queuing Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CWE(s)
CWE-190NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-35385Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
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CVE-2023-35381Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-29364Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-38142Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-35312Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-24869Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-24908Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-23410Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2023-23405Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20107
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.6167
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.3324
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.3324
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2295
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.2134
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
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

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.2.6

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References