CVE-2022-2825

CRITICAL

Kepware KEPServerEX - Stack Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kepware KEPServerEX 6.11.718.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of text encoding conversions. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-18411.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-242-10

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0128
EPSS Percentile 79.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-121
Status published
Products (8)
ge/industrial_gateway_server < 7.612
ptc/kepware_kepserverex < 6.12
ptc/opc-aggregator < 6.12
ptc/thingworx_industrial_connectivity
ptc/thingworx_kepware_edge < 1.4
ptc/thingworx_kepware_server < 6.12
rockwellautomation/kepserver_enterprise < 6.12
softwaretoolbox/top_server < 6.12
Published Mar 29, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026