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CVE-2023-21823

Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.2/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
  • Fresh EPSS: 5.56%: +0.03

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 8 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Securelist
Press · 07 Jun 2023, 07:00 · Non-mobile malware statistics, Q1 2023 - Securelist
Cisco Talos Blog
Press · 16 Feb 2023, 08:00 · Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 16, 2023) — Recapping what we may have missed so far this year - Cisco Talos Blog
BleepingComputer
Press · 16 Feb 2023, 08:00 · CISA warns of Windows and iOS bugs exploited as zero-days - BleepingComputer
TechTarget
Press · 15 Feb 2023, 08:00 · Microsoft remedies three zero-days on February Patch Tuesday - TechTarget
TechTarget
Press · 15 Feb 2023, 08:00 · Microsoft remedies three zero-days on February Patch Tuesday - TechTarget
See all 8 source documents
CrowdStrike
Press · 15 Feb 2023, 08:00 · February 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis - CrowdStrike
TechSpot
Press · 15 Feb 2023, 08:00 · Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for February fixes 3 zero-day bugs and more - TechSpot
Sophos
Press · 14 Feb 2023, 08:00 · A diverse set of fixes in February’s Patch Tuesday release - Sophos

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
Elizarfish/CVE-2023-21823146—20 Apr 2023, 11:36
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 5.6%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:49.717973+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
14 Feb 2023, 00:00
First press mention
14 Feb 2023, 08:00
Published
14 Feb 2023, 20:09
Latest press mention
07 Jun 2023, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:58
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories