ABB RTU500 HCI IEC 60870-5-104 buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ABB RTU500 0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HCI IEC 60870-5-104 Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-4608. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB RTU500 0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component HCI IEC 60870-5-104 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in HCI IEC 60870-5-104 function included in certain versions of the RTU500 series product. The vulnerability can only be exploited, if the HCI 60870-5-104 is configured with support for IEC 62351-3. After session resumption interval is expired an RTU500 initiated update of session parameters causes an unexpected restart due to a stack overflow.

The weakness was shared 07/26/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at search.abb.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-4608 since 12/19/2022. 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 09/25/2024).

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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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/19/2022 🔍
07/26/2023 +218 days 🔍
07/26/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/25/2024 +427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: search.abb.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-4608 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235439

Entryinfo

Created: 07/26/2023 10:48
Updated: 09/25/2024 04:25
Changes: 07/26/2023 10:48 (48), 09/25/2024 04:25 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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