CVE-2023-39268
Published: 29 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-39268 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Hpe Arubaos-Switch. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 47.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-43000
Vulnerability details
A memory corruption vulnerability in ArubaOS-Switch could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by receiving specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- 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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.