Wind River VxWorks 6.9/7.0 Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wind River VxWorks 6.9/7.0. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-38767. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wind River VxWorks 6.9/7.0. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7, that allows a specifically crafted packet sent by a Radius server, may cause Denial of Service during the IP Radius access procedure.

The weakness was presented 11/25/2022. The advisory is shared at support2.windriver.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-38767 since 08/25/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-41330). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/25/2022 🔍
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06/24/2026 +1307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support2.windriver.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38767 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38767
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214373
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/25/2022 19:06
Updated: 06/24/2026 05:36
Changes: 11/25/2022 19:06 (38), 12/23/2022 10:40 (11), 04/25/2025 21:58 (16), 04/14/2026 13:11 (11), 06/24/2026 05:36 (1)
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