# Memory Corruption vulnerability in SAP CommonCryptoLib

CVE record · `CVE-2023-40308`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-40308`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** sap
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-787](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md)
- **Technologies:** [SAP_SE SAP CommonCryptoLib](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-commoncryptolib.md) · [SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP, SAP NetWeaver AS Java and ABAP Platform of S/4HANA on-premise](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-netweaver-as-abap-sap-netweaver-as-java-and-abap-platform-of-s-4hana.md) · [SAP_SE SAP Web Dispatcher](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-web-dispatcher.md) · [SAP_SE SAP Content Server](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-content-server.md) · [SAP_SE SAP HANA Database](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-hana-database.md) · [SAP_SE SAP Host Agent](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-host-agent.md) · [SAP_SE SAP Extended Application Services and Runtime (XSA)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sap-extended-application-services-and-runtime-xsa.md) · [SAP_SE SAPSSOEXT](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/sap-se-sapssoext.md)
- **Published:** 12 Sept 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Sept 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: sap) at 12 Sept 2023, 01:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP CommonCryptoLib.
  - affected: `8`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP, SAP NetWeaver AS Java and ABAP Platform of S/4HANA on-premise.
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.22`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.53`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.54`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.77`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.85`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.89`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.91`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.92`
  - affected: `KERNEL 7.93`
  - affected: `KERNEL 8.04`
  - affected: `KERNEL64UC 7.22`
  - affected: `KERNEL64UC 7.22EXT`
  - and 4 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `KERNEL`
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP Web Dispatcher.
  - affected: `7.22EXT`
  - affected: `7.53`
  - affected: `7.54`
  - affected: `7.77`
  - affected: `7.85`
  - affected: `7.89`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP Content Server.
  - affected: `6.50`
  - affected: `7.53`
  - affected: `7.54`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP HANA Database.
  - affected: `2.00`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP Host Agent.
  - affected: `722`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAP Extended Application Services and Runtime (XSA).
  - affected: `SAP_EXTENDED_APP_SERVICES 1`
  - affected: `XS_ADVANCED_RUNTIME 1.00`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: SAP_SE. Product: SAPSSOEXT.
  - affected: `17`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (sap)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0075, the 55th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Sept 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-40308](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40308)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-40308](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40308)

### References from the CNA

- <https://me.sap.com/notes/3327896>
- <https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html>

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