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Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVE-2022-43606

High
7.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published