Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2024 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2023-7242Ethercat Zeek Plugin Out-of-bounds Read

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Industrial Control Systems Network Protocol Parsers (ICSNPP) - Ethercat Plugin for Zeek from CISA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Industrial Control Systems Network Protocol Parsers (ICSNPP) - Ethercat Zeek Plugin versions d78dda6 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read during the process of analyzing a specific Ethercat packet. This could allow an attacker to crash the Zeek process and leak some information in memory.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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