Omron CX-Programmer up to 9.77 CXP File stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Omron CX-Programmer up to 9.77. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CXP File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-43667. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Omron CX-Programmer up to 9.77 (SCADA Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component CXP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in CX-Programmer v.9.77 and earlier, which may lead to information disclosure and/or arbitrary code execution by having a user to open a specially crafted CXP file.

The weakness was released 12/07/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-43667 since 10/22/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/24/2025).

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

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Type

• SCADA Software

Vendor

• Omron

Name

• CX-Programmer

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14
• 9.15
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18
• 9.19
• 9.20
• 9.21
• 9.22
• 9.23
• 9.24
• 9.25
• 9.26
• 9.27
• 9.28
• 9.29
• 9.30
• 9.31
• 9.32
• 9.33
• 9.34
• 9.35
• 9.36
• 9.37
• 9.38
• 9.39
• 9.40
• 9.41
• 9.42
• 9.43
• 9.44
• 9.45
• 9.46
• 9.47
• 9.48
• 9.49
• 9.50
• 9.51
• 9.52
• 9.53
• 9.54
• 9.55
• 9.56
• 9.57
• 9.58
• 9.59
• 9.60
• 9.61
• 9.62
• 9.63
• 9.64
• 9.65
• 9.66
• 9.67
• 9.68
• 9.69
• 9.70
• 9.71
• 9.72
• 9.73
• 9.74
• 9.75
• 9.76
• 9.77

License

• commercial

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