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Windows 10 1507Operating system · Microsoft

CVE-2023-23413

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-03-14
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 10.0.10240.19805 / 10.0.14393.5786 or later.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Windows 10 1507Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.10240.19805
Windows 10 1607Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.14393.5786
Windows 10 1809Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.17763.4131
Windows 10 20h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19042.2728
Windows 10 21h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19044.2728
Windows 10 22h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19045.2728
Windows 11 21h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.22000.1696
Windows 11 22h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.22000.1413

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 10.0.10240.19805 / 10.0.14393.5786 / 10.0.17763.4131 or later
Fixed in 10.0.10240.1980510.0.14393.578610.0.17763.4131
Vendor patch msrc.microsoft.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Install the corresponding Windows security update (KB) for CVE-2023-23413. Specific fixed builds: Windows 10 1507 (10.0.10240.19805), Windows 10 1607 (10.0.14393.5786), Windows 10 1809 (10.0.17763.4131), Windows 10 20H2 (10.0.19042.2728), Windows 10 21H2 (10.0.19044.2728), Windows 10 22H2 (10.0.1904

  1. Identify the current Windows version and build by running 'winver' or 'systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"'
  2. Open Windows Update by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update
  3. Click 'Check for updates' and install all available updates
  4. Alternatively, manually download the specific security update for this CVE from the Microsoft Catalog: https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/ and search for "CVE-2023-23413"
  5. After installation, verify the build version matches or exceeds the fixed version for your Windows release
  6. Restart the system if prompted to complete the installation
Caveat Standard Windows update - minimal risk; printer drivers may briefly unavailable during update installation

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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