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CVE-2023-28271

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28271 is a Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft products. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, but it can lead to high confidentiality impact by disclosing sensitive kernel memory information. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No) and lacking public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it has received limited community discussion and media coverage, notably being addressed in Microsoft's April 2023 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.10240.19869CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.14393.5850CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.17763.4252CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.19042.2846CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.19044.2846CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4252
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4252
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4252
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.4252
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.4252
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1668
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1668
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1817
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1817
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1555
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1555
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2846
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19869
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19869
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22015
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22015
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22015
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22015
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.24216
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.24216
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20919
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20919
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2023-28271Important

Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28271
PatchVendor Advisory