CVE-2022-23006 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home Products and SanDisk ibi
A stack-based buffer overflow in Western Digital My Cloud and SanDisk ibi devices allows local attackers to read sensitive files or cause crashes when chained with remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-23006?
CVE-2022-23006 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SanDisk My Cloud Home, published on 27 Sep 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
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found on Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, and SanDisk ibi that could allow an attacker accessing the system locally to read information from /etc/version file. This vulnerability can only be exploited by chaining it with another issue. If an attacker is able to carry out a remote code execution attack, they can gain access to the vulnerable file, due to the presence of insecure functions in code. User interaction is required for exploitation. Exploiting the vulnerability could result in exposure of information, ability to modify files, memory access errors, or system crashes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23006?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Home Duo Firmware, Westerndigital My Cloud Home Firmware, Westerndigital Sandisk Ibi Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2022-23006?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23006 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-2022-23006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23006 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SanDisk My Cloud Home
- CVE-2022-22998 Protecting AWS credentials stored in plaintext on My Cloud Home
- CVE-2022-22997 Command Injection Vulnerability on My Cloud Home
- CVE-2022-36327 Path traversal vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file write in Western Digital devices
- CVE-2022-36328 Path Traversal Vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file read in Western Digital devices
- CVE-2022-29837 Path traversal Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi Devices
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8364-xhp6-q326.