CVE-2022-2825: ge industrial_gateway_server Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2825 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ge industrial_gateway_server. EPSS estimates a 3.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 29-03-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 18-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-18411.

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).