CVE-2022-32140
Published: 24 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-32140 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Codesys Plcwinnt. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-53381
Vulnerability details
Multiple CODESYS products are affected to a buffer overflow.A low privileged remote attacker may craft a request, which can cause a buffer copy without checking the size of the service, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. User Interaction is not required.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.