CVE-2022-2848

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CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical

EPSS

3%p88

Published

Mar 29, 2023 (Mar 29, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kepware KEPServerEX 6.11.718.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of text encoding conversions. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-16486.

Vendors: ge ptc rockwellautomation softwaretoolbox
Products: industrial gateway server, kepware kepserverex, opc-aggregator, thingworx industrial connectivity, thingworx kepware edge, thingworx kepware server, kepserver enterprise, top server
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.4%)

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