What is CVE-2023-5068?

CVE-2023-5068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Delta Electronics Diascreen, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-5068?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Delta Electronics Diascreen

CVE-2023-5068

Delta Electronics DIAScreen may write past the end of an allocated buffer while parsing a specially crafted input file. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.7% 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

Delta Electronics Diascreen — versions 0
Deltaww Diascreen

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-264-03 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
diastudio.deltaww.com/home/downloads (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5068?: CVE-2023-5068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Delta Electronics Diascreen, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-5068?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.