CVE-2023-5058 — Improper Input Validation in the processing of user-supplied splash screen durin

Improper Input Validation in the processing of user-supplied splash screen during system boot in Phoenix SecureCore™ Technology™ 4 potentially allows denial-of-service attacks or arbitrary code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Input Validation in the processing of user-supplied splash screen during system boot in Phoenix SecureCore™ Technology™ 4 potentially allows denial-of-service attacks or arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Phoenix	SecureCore™ Technology™ 4	4.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-07T22:29:05.717Z
• Last modified: 2025-07-28T20:50:19.406Z

09References

• phoenixtech.com — https://phoenixtech.com/phoenix-security-notifications/cve-2023-5058/
• www.kb.cert.org — https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/811862