CVE-2022-1068 Modbus Tools Modbus Slave Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
A stack-based buffer overflow in Modbus Slave allows attackers to crash the application via a long registration string, impacting industrial control system availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1068?
CVE-2022-1068 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Modbus Slave, published on 1 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Modbus Tools Modbus Slave (versions 7.4.2 and prior) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the registration field. This may cause the program to crash when a long character string is used.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1068?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Modbustools Modbus Slave.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1068?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1068 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-1068 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1068 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Modbus Slave
Sources
Also known as GHSA-23h3-jvqq-m7vh.