CVE-2022-1068 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Modbus Tools Modbus Slave (versions 7.4.2 and prior) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the registration field. This may cause the program to crash when a long character string is used.

Published: 2022-04-01

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Modbus Tools

Modbus Slave

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 7.4.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:modbustools:modbus_slave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Modbus Tools has fixed the vulnerability and recommends users update to Version 7.4.3 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24412	Modbus Tools Modbus Slave (versions 7.4.2 and prior) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the registration field. This may cause the program to crash when a long character string is used.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00185.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-088-04

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Modbustools Modbus Slave

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-04-01T22:17:57.203Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T16:32:12.588Z

Reserved: 2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1068

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:47:43.291Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-01T23:15:12.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:39:58.160

Link: CVE-2022-1068

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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