CVE-2022-1068 json
Modbus Tools Modbus Slave Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
published 2022-04-01 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24412
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.0%
- EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Modbus Tools Modbus Slave (versions 7.4.2 and prior) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the registration field. This may cause the program to crash when a long character string is used.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-22-088-04 updated cvss 5.5
Modbus Tools Modbus Slave
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Modbus Tools Modbus Slave <= 7.4.2affected: mitigation “Modbus Tools has fixed the vulnerability and recommends users update to Version 7.4.3 or later.” modbustools.com
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Modbus Tools Modbus Slave
Classification
References
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cisa.gov
/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-088-04
patch, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-1068
- NVD CVE-2022-1068
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