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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2023-37536 json

HCL BigFix Platform is vulnerable to an integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3

published 2023-10-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-41423

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3 in BigFix Platform allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound access via HTTP request.

Patch / fix

  • hcltech bigfix_platform 9.5.23, 10.0.10
  • xerces-c Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.4+debian-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37536

  • xerces-c Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.2.2+debian-1ubuntu0.2
  • xerces-c Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.2.3+debian-3ubuntu0.1
  • xerces-c Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • xerces-c Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • xerces-c Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37536

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xerces-c RHEL 7 ELS 3.1.1-10.el7_9.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:8795

  • xerces-c SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +6 more 3.1.4-150200.10.8.2
  • xerces-c SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +6 more 3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  • xerces-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.1-13.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1SUSE-SU-2023:4586-1SUSE-SU-2023:4543-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-37536 updated cvss 8.8

xerces-c: An integer overflow issue that allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound access via HTTP request

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xerces-c
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) xerces-c 3.1.1-10.el7_9.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) xerces-c-doc 3.1.1-10.el7_9.1, xerces-c-devel 3.1.1-10.el7_9.1, xerces-c-debuginfo 3.1.1-10.el7_9.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8795

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • HCL Software BigFix Platform
  • hcltech bigfix_platform
  • fedoraproject fedora
  • apache xerces-c\+\+

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-680 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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