CVE-2022-41989 CVE-2022-41989
An attacker can send an excessively long RTLS report payload to trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-41989?
CVE-2022-41989 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Sewio RTLS Studio, published on 18 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sewio’s Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Studio version 2.0.0 up to and including version 2.6.2 does not validate the length of RTLS report payloads during communication. This allows an attacker to send an exceedingly long payload, resulting in an out-of-bounds write to cause a denial-of-service condition or code execution.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41989?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sewio Real-Time Location System Studio.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41989?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41989 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-2022-41989 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41989 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sewio RTLS Studio
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c99p-c624-4w53.