9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.2%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption issues resulting in unwanted behavior such as code execution.
The following GE Digital products are affected:
3.2.1 HEAP-BASED BUFFER OVERFLOW CWE-122
All versions of GE Digital CIMPLICITY that are not adhering to SDG guidance and accepting documents from untrusted sources are vulnerable to memory corruption issues due to insufficient input validation, including issues such as out-of-bounds reads and writes, use-after-free, stack-based buffer overflows, uninitialized pointers, and a heap-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2023-3463 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).
Michael Heinzl reported this vulnerability to CISA.
To obtain the latest versions of GE CIMPLICITY, contact your local GE Digital representative at <https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/contactsupport>.
Exploit is only possible if an authenticated user with local access to the system obtains and opens a document from a malicious source so secure deployment and strong access management by users is essential. GE Digital and customers have a shared responsibility for security and users are required to adhere to the most recent Secure Deployment Guide (SDG) instructions.
Please refer to GE Digitalβs security bulletin for more information.
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-3463
cisa.gov/ics
cisa.gov/ics
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/CIMPLICITY-Secure-Deployment-Guide2?language=en_US
digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digital-CIMPLICITY-Memory-Corruption-Vulnerability
digitalsupport.ge.com/s/contactsupport
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDHSCISA_138
twitter.com/CISAgov
twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=GE%20Digital%20CIMPLICITY+https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-06
us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/Recommended-Practices
us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B
www.dhs.gov
www.dhs.gov/foia
www.dhs.gov/performance-financial-reports
www.facebook.com/CISA
www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-06&title=GE%20Digital%20CIMPLICITY
www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
www.instagram.com/cisagov
www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency
www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-06
www.oig.dhs.gov/
www.surveymonkey.com/r/CISA-cyber-survey?product=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-06
www.usa.gov/
www.whitehouse.gov/
www.youtube.com/@cisagov
mailto:?subject=GE%20Digital%20CIMPLICITY&body=www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-06