Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-46401

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 19 December 2022

Published
19 December 2022
Modified
17 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-46401 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microchip Bm78 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Microchip RN4870 module firmware 1.43 (and the Microchip PIC LightBlue Explorer Demo 4.2 DT100112) accepts PauseEncReqPlainText before pairing is complete.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microchip
bm78 firmware
1.43
microchip
bm83 firmware
1.43
microchip
rn4870 firmware
1.43
microchip
rn4871 firmware
1.43
microchip
bm70 firmware
1.43
microchip
bm71 firmware
1.43
microchip
pic lightblue explorer demo firmware
4.2_dt100112
microchip
pic32cx1012bz25048 firmware
all versions
microchip
wbz451 firmware
all versions
microchip
rn4678 firmware
1.43
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References