CVE-2022-43606

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-43606?

Upgrade opener to 2022-10-18 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-43606 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-43606 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 8.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-43606?

CVE-2022-43606 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-43606 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for opener (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A use-of-uninitialized-pointer vulnerability exists in the Forward Open connection_management_entry functionality of EIP Stack Group OpENer development commit 58ee13c. A specially-crafted EtherNet/IP request can lead to use of a null pointer, causing the server to crash. An attacker can send a series of EtherNet/IP requests to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE-824

How to fix

Remediation Available

openerNVD

Affected:< 2022-10-18Fixed in:2022-10-18CVE-2022-43606derived from NVD

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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

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

8.05%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

talosintelligence.com

Other references1

talosintelligence.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-824 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-9948	Medium	6.5	64%	-	-
CVE-2018-11803	High	7.5	58%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-21971	High	7.8	54%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2010-1818	High	9.3	43%	-	-
CVE-2015-1770	High	8.8	35%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-12561	Critical	9.8	31%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-43606?

Upgrade opener to 2022-10-18 or later.

Is CVE-2022-43606 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-43606 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 8.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-43606?

CVE-2022-43606 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-43606 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for opener (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.