CVE-2023-4590
Published: 27 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-4590 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Kimmov Frhed. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54443
- 🇪🇸 INCIBE: www.incibe.es
Vulnerability details
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Frhed hex editor, affecting version 1.6.0. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument through the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) registers.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.