What is CVE-2022-35161?

CVE-2022-35161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Generalized Electric Vehicle Reverse Engineering Tool Project, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-35161?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-35161 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Generalized Electric Vehicle Reverse Engineering Tool Project

CVE-2022-35161

GVRET Stable Release as of Aug 15, 2015 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the handleConfigCmd function at SerialConsole.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Generalized_electric_vehicle_reverse_engineering_tool_project Generalized_electric_vehicle_reverse_engineering_tool — versions 2015-08-15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

firmianay/security-issues

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35161?: CVE-2022-35161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Generalized Electric Vehicle Reverse Engineering Tool Project, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-35161?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-35161 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.