What is CVE-2022-34291?

CVE-2022-34291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Pads Standard/plus Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-34291?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Siemens Pads Standard/plus Viewer

CVE-2022-34291

A vulnerability has been identified in PADS Standard/Plus Viewer (All versions). The affected application contains a stack corruption vulnerability while parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-057, FG-VD-22-058, FG-VD-22-060)

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Siemens Pads Standard/plus Viewer — versions All versions
Siemens Pads_viewer

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

productcert@siemens.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34291?: CVE-2022-34291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Pads Standard/plus Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-34291?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.