CVE-2022-36330 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home and ibi devices

Low 1.9 Published 9 May 2023 Updated 28 Jan 2025

Unauthenticated remote code execution via buffer overflow in firmware validation, requiring prior privilege escalation for full exploitation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-36330?

CVE-2022-36330 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SanDisk My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo, published on 9 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered on firmware version validation that could lead to an unauthenticated remote code execution in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi devices. An attacker would require exploitation of another vulnerability to raise their privileges in order to exploit this buffer overflow vulnerability.

This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.4.0-191; ibi: before 9.4.0-191.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36330?

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-2022-36330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36330 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-2022-36330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gvrx-2pqj-7jjm.