CVE-2022-35690
Published: 14 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35690 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 and earlier as well as Update 4 and earlier contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35690 and also associated with CWE-121 and CWE-787. The flaw resides in the server component that processes incoming network traffic and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
An unauthenticated attacker can trigger the issue by sending a specially crafted network packet to an affected ColdFusion server. Successful exploitation yields arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running the service and requires no user interaction.
The official Adobe security bulletin APSB22-44, available at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-44.html, describes the patches released to address the vulnerability and recommends that administrators apply the updates for the respective ColdFusion release trains.
The associated EPSS score currently stands at 0.1470 with a recorded peak of 0.1588, indicating moderate but not sharply escalating exploitation interest since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38566
Vulnerability details
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not…
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require user interaction, the vulnerability is triggered when a crafted network packet is sent to the server.
- 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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.