Quickassist Technology Library
CVE-2023-28741
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
Buffer overflow in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0 before version 1.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
AnalysisAI
Buffer overflow in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0 before version 1.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Buffer overflow in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0 before version 1.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Affected products include: Intel Quickassist Technology Library, Intel Quickassist Technology. Version information: Version 1.0.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
Uncontrolled search path element in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.0.4 may allo
Improper authorization in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.0.4 may allow an authe
Improper buffer restrictions in some Intel(R) QAT Library software before version 22.07.1 may allow a privileged user to
Same weakness CWE-120 – Classic Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Privilege Escalation
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External POC / Exploit Code
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