Authenticated service interruption via RPC buffer over-read
Published Jul 11, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Windows RPC Runtime allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through a crafted network request. Microsoft identifies CWE-126 but has not disclosed the specific RPC Runtime locus or the operation that reads beyond its buffer. The attack requires low-privileged authentication and causes a service interrupt, with no reported confidentiality or integrity impact.
Summary
What happened
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Windows RPC Runtime allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through a crafted network request. Microsoft identifies CWE-126 but has not disclosed the specific RPC Runtime locus or the operation that reads beyond its buffer. The attack requires low-privileged authentication and causes a service interrupt, with no reported confidentiality or integrity impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33173
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-126, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.20048
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