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CVE-2022-40984

Published: Oct 24, 2022Updated: May 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-787
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 49.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in WTViewerE series WTViewerE 761941 from 1.31 to 1.61 and WTViewerEfree from 1.01 to 1.52 allows an attacker to cause the product to crash by processing a long file name.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

WTViewerE seriesYokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
On-prem
ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
wtviewere 761941yokogawaICS / OT / IoT
wtviewerefreeyokogawaICS / OT / IoT
yokogawa test & measurement corporationcommercialICS / OT / IoT
yokogawacommercialJPICS / OT / IoTaka yokogawa electric corporation

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://cdn.aff.yokogawa.com/8/756/details/Vulnerability_in_YOKOGAWA_application_software_WTViewerE_r0_e.pdf
cdn.aff.yokogawa.com
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU99955870/index.html
jvn.jp

Timeline

Published
Oct 24, 2022
Last Updated
May 7, 2025

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