Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38169

High

Published: 08 August 2023

Published
08 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 62.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38169 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Odbc Driver For Sql Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft SQL OLE DB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
odbc driver for sql server
17.0.1.1, 17.10.3.1, 17.10.4.1, 18.0.1.1, 18.1.2.1
microsoft
ole db driver for sql server
18.0.2, 18.1.0, 18.2.1, 18.2.2, 18.2.3
microsoft
sql server
2019, 2022

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-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References