Buffer overflow in Ge Industrial Gateway Server
CVE-2022-2825
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 stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-18411.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1455/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-242-10 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2825?
- CVE-2022-2825 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ge Industrial Gateway Server, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2825?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-2825 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.