CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-2848

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2023-03-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-122

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.

Affected configurations

• ge industrial gateway server (< 7.612) • ptc kepware kepserverex (< 6.12) • ptc opc-aggregator (< 6.12) • ptc thingworx industrial connectivity • ptc thingworx kepware edge (< 1.4) • ptc thingworx kepware server (< 6.12) • rockwellautomation kepserver enterprise (< 6.12) • softwaretoolbox top server (< 6.12)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References