CVE-2023-3463 GE Digital CIMPLICITY Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Attackers can execute arbitrary code on GE CIMPLICITY systems if they accept documents from untrusted sources without adhering to security guidance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-3463?
CVE-2023-3463 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in GE Digital CIMPLICITY, published on 19 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
All versions of GE Digital CIMPLICITY that are not adhering to SDG guidance and accepting documents from untrusted sources are vulnerable to memory corruption issues due to insufficient input validation, including issues such as out-of-bounds reads and writes, use-after-free, stack-based buffer overflows, uninitialized pointers, and a heap-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3463?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ge Cimplicity.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3463?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-3463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in GE Digital CIMPLICITY
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f6p-pjc9-wj3g.