CVE-2022-42444 IBM App Connect Enterprise denial of service

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

A remote privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow in IBM App Connect Enterprise, causing the application to crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-42444?

CVE-2022-42444 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise, published on 6 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0.0.8 through 11.0.0.19 and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.5.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote privileged user could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 238538.

Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42444?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm App Connect Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42444?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42444 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-2022-42444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j63j-9fw8-qxw3.

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