CVE-2023-43692
High
Published: 14 August 2025
Published
14 August 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0037
59.1th percentile
Risk Priority
15
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2023-43692 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Malwarebytes (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-48073
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). Out-of-bound reads in strings detection utilities lead to system crashes.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Malwarebytes
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.