Access of Uninitialized Pointer in OpENer - CVE-2022-43606
Published: February 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72535
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43606
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to access of uninitialized pointer in the Forward Open connection_management_entry functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted EtherNet/IP request and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
OpENer
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43606
Install updates from vendor's website.