What is CVE-2023-39268?

CVE-2023-39268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Aruba 2530, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-39268?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Arubanetworks Aruba 2530

CVE-2023-39268

A memory corruption vulnerability in ArubaOS-Switch could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by receiving specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security-alert@hpe.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39268?: CVE-2023-39268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Aruba 2530, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-39268?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.