Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-39281

Critical

Published: 01 November 2023

Published
01 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 49.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-39281 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Insyde Insydeh2O. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in AsfSecureBootDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to run arbitrary code execution during the DXE phase.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

insyde
insydeh2o
05.42.37.0031, 05.43.06.0021, 05.44.30.0022, 05.44.34.0055, 05.44.45.0017

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