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CVE-2022-47949

CRITICALEPSS 97th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The Nintendo NetworkBuffer class, as used in Animal Crossing: New Horizons before 2.0.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large UDP packet that causes a buffer overflow, aka ENLBufferPwn. The victim must join a game session with the attacker. Other affected products include Mario Kart 7 before 1.2, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe before 2.1.0, ARMS before 5.4.1, Splatoon, Splatoon 2 before 5.5.1, Splatoon 3 before late 2022, Super Mario Maker 2 before 3.0.2, and Nintendo Switch Sports before late 2022.

How to fix

Remediation Available
animal crossing\NVD
Affected:< 2.0.6Fixed in:2.0.6CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD
armsNVD
Affected:< 5.4.1Fixed in:5.4.1CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD
mario kart 7NVD
Affected:< 1.2Fixed in:1.2CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD
mario kart 8NVD
Affected:< 2.1.0Fixed in:2.1.0CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD
splatoon 2NVD
Affected:< 5.5.1Fixed in:5.5.1CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD
super mario maker 2NVD
Affected:< 3.0.2Fixed in:3.0.2CVE-2022-47949derived from NVD

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

16.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

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CVE-2011-4862High10.095%-Fix
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