What is CVE-2022-32960?

CVE-2022-32960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hinet Hicos’ Client-Side Citizen Digital Certificate, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-32960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hinet Hicos’ Client-Side Citizen Digital Certificate

CVE-2022-32960

HiCOS’ client-side citizen digital certificate component has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability when reading IC card due to insufficient parameter length validation for card number. An unauthenticated physical attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, manipulate system data or terminate service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hinet Hicos’ Client-side Citizen Digital Certificate — versions unspecified
Hinet Hicos_natural_person_credential_component_client — versions 3.0.3.30306, 3.0.3.30404, 3.1.0.00002

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

twcert@cert.org.tw (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32960?: CVE-2022-32960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hinet Hicos’ Client-Side Citizen Digital Certificate, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-32960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.