CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-20685

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.39%

70th percentile - higher than 70% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the Modbus preprocessor of the Snort detection engine could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS). The issue is due to an integer overflow while processing Modbus traffic. Exploitation involves sending crafted Modbus traffic.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation could cause the Snort process to hang, stopping traffic inspection and potentially exposing the network to threats.

Recommendation

Update to patched Cisco software and monitor Modbus traffic for malicious patterns.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the Modbus preprocessor of the Snort detection engine could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an integer overflow while processing Modbus traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Modbus traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort process to hang, causing traffic inspection to stop.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS