CVE-2023-3463: All versions of GE Digital CIMPLICITY that are not adhering to SDG guidance and accepting documents from untr

Routine

MEDIUM 6.6MITIGATE

CVE-2023-3463 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.6) affecting cimplicity. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

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.

Why this priority

No elevated risk signals yet

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	6.6 (Medium)
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	Required
EPSS exploit chance	0.4% (top 68%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-122, CWE-787
Published	2023-07-19
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): ICS-CERT · Vendor: ge

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2023-07-19 14:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 06:14 UTCUpdated Record last modified

ge cimplicity MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy cimplicity || rpm -q cimplicity || cimplicity --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

Verify at the official source NVD · CVE Program · Report a problem with this page
Scores and fixes here are computed automatically from those and other public sources. Confirm with the vendor advisory before changing production systems.

Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2023-3463?

cimplicity: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2023-3463 being exploited?

CVE-2023-3463 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2023-3463 affect?

CVE-2023-3463 affects cimplicity. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.6). 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-bou

How urgent is CVE-2023-3463?

Priority 31/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

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References

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