Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-33183

High

Published: 25 October 2022

Published
25 October 2022
Modified
07 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0066 71.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-33183 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS CLI before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0, 9.0.1e, 8.2.3c, 8.2.0cbn5, 7.4.2.j could allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform stack buffer overflow using in “firmwaredownload” and “diagshow” commands.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

broadcom
fabric operating system
≤ 7.4.2.j · 8.0.0 — 8.2.3c · 9.0.0 — 9.0.1e

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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