Is CVE-2022-2972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-2972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-2972?

CVE-2022-2972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-2972?

CVE-2022-2972 has an EPSS score of 1.16% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2972?

Upgrade libiec61850 to 1.5.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-2972

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

MZ Automation's libIEC61850 (versions 1.4 and prior; version 1.5 prior to commit a3b04b7bc4872a5a39e5de3fdc5fbde52c09e10e) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which could allow an attacker to crash the device or remotely execute arbitrary code.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

libiec61850NVD

Affected:< 1.5.0Fixed in:1.5.0CVE-2022-2972derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.