Siemens SCALANCE W700 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CVE-2022-39842)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502911

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19. In pxa3xx_gcu_write in drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c, the count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check. After that, because it is used as the third argument to copy_from_user(), a heap overflow may occur.
NOTE: the original discoverer disputes that the overflow can actually happen.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109977720/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-044-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502911

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/24/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39842

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wab762-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wub762-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28usa%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wub762-1_ifeatures_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum763-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum763-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39842

CWE: 190

ICSA: 25-044-09