Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5908

Critical

Published: 30 November 2023

Published
30 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0004 11.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5908 is a critical-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Ge Industrial Gateway Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 11.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

KEPServerEX is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may allow an attacker to crash the product being accessed or leak information.

CWE(s)
CWE-122CWE-120

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

ge
industrial gateway server
≤ 7.614
ptc
keepserverex
≤ 6.14.263.0
ptc
opc-aggregator
≤ 6.14
ptc
thingworx industrial connectivity
all versions
ptc
thingworx kepware edge
≤ 1.7
ptc
thingworx kepware server
≤ 6.14.263.0
rockwellautomation
kepserver enterprise
≤ 6.14.263.0
softwaretoolbox
top server
≤ 6.14.263.0

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References