Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2022 · Assigned by WDC PSIRT

CVE-2022-22989Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity stack buffer overflow in My Cloud from Western Digital. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Western Digital My Cloud My Cloud OS 5 – before 5.19.117

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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