CVE-2023-23396 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: 2023-03-14

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 19.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Office Online Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.1`	affected	< 16.0.10396.20000

Microsoft

Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.0.1`	affected	< 15.0.5537.1000

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_online_server:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps_server:2013:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27496	Microsoft Excel Denial of Service Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19704.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23396

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Online Server Office Web Apps Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-03-14T16:55:27.665Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T20:05:11.794Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T22:08:03.136Z

Link: CVE-2023-23396

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:28:40.883Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-14T17:15:13.177

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:06.237

Link: CVE-2023-23396

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-400

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