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CVE-2022-3378: horner automation cscape Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 27-10-2022Last modified 16-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3378 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in horner automation cscape. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Horner Automation's Cscape version 9.90 SP 7 and prior does not properly validate user-supplied data. If a user opens a maliciously formed FNT file, then an attacker could execute arbitrary code within the current process by accessing an uninitialized pointer, leading to an out-of-bounds memory write.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Horner automation1 product
Hornerautomation1 product
  • cscape< 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.90:sp1 | 9.90:sp2 | 9.90:sp3 | 9.90:sp4 | 9.90:sp5 | 9.90:sp6 | 9.90:sp7

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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