CVE-2023-42757 json
Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an execut…
published 2024-05-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-47189
- cvss
- 4.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an executable file to a new extensionless 255-character name and launching it with NtCreateUserProcess. This can occur through an issue in wcscat_s error handling.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-42757
- NVD CVE-2023-42757
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