CVE-2022-47949

CRITICAL

Nintendo Animal Crossing < 2.0.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The Nintendo NetworkBuffer class, as used in Animal Crossing: New Horizons before 2.0.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large UDP packet that causes a buffer overflow, aka ENLBufferPwn. The victim must join a game session with the attacker. Other affected products include Mario Kart 7 before 1.2, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe before 2.1.0, ARMS before 5.4.1, Splatoon, Splatoon 2 before 5.5.1, Splatoon 3 before late 2022, Super Mario Maker 2 before 3.0.2, and Nintendo Switch Sports before late 2022.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1490
EPSS Percentile 94.6%
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 poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (10)
nintendo/animal_crossing\ < 2.0.6
nintendo/arms < 5.4.1
nintendo/mario_kart_7 < 1.2
nintendo/mario_kart_8
nintendo/mario_kart_8 < 2.1.0
nintendo/splatoon
nintendo/splatoon_2 < 5.5.1
nintendo/splatoon_3
nintendo/super_mario_maker_2 < 3.0.2
nintendo/switch_sports
Published Dec 24, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026