KEPServerEX Buffer Overflow Enables Crash / Info Leak
CVE-2023-5908 Published on November 30, 2023

Heap Based Buffer Overflow in PTC KEPServerEx
KEPServerEX is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may allow an attacker to crash the product being accessed or leak information.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-5908 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().


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Affected Versions

PTC KEPServerEX: PTC ThingWorx Kepware Server: PTC ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity: PTC OPC-Aggregator: PTC ThingWorx Kepware Edge: Rockwell Automation KEPServer Enterprise: GE Gigital Industrial Gateway Server: Software Toolbox TOP Server:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
10.64%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.