What is CVE-2023-38581?

CVE-2023-38581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Power Gadget, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-38581?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Power Gadget

CVE-2023-38581

Buffer overflow in Intel(R) Power Gadget software for Windows all versions may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Power Gadget
Microsoft Windows
Intel(r) Power Gadget Software For Windows — versions See references

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01037.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38581?: CVE-2023-38581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Power Gadget, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-38581?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.