Vulnerability · Published May 31, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24702
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.0% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)6.0%top 6.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
An issue was discovered in WinAPRS 2.9.0. A buffer overflow in the VHF KISS TNC component allows a remote attacker to achieve remote code execution via malicious AX.25 packets over the air. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://winaprs.com/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.coalfire.com/the-coalfire-blog/hacking-ham-radio-winaprs-part1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31571476 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Coalfire-Research/WinAPRS-Exploits x_refsource_MISC