CVE-2022-2848

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Publication date:

29/03/2023

Last modified:

18/02/2025

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kepware KEPServerEX 6.11.718.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of text encoding conversions. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-16486.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.10 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.10

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ge:industrial_gateway_server::::::::		7.612 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:kepware_kepserverex::::::::		6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:opc-aggregator::::::::		6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_industrial_connectivity:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_kepware_edge::::::::		1.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_kepware_server::::::::		6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:kepserver_enterprise::::::::		6.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:softwaretoolbox:top_server::::::::		6.12 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-2848

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools