CVE-2022-35161
Published: 03 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35161 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Generalized Electric Vehicle Reverse Engineering Tool Project Generalized Electric Vehicle Reverse Engineering Tool. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38055
Vulnerability details
GVRET Stable Release as of Aug 15, 2015 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the handleConfigCmd function at SerialConsole.cpp.
- 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.