CVE-2022-4608

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability exists in HCI IEC 60870-5-104 function included in certain versions of the RTU500 series product. The vulnerability can only be exploited, if the HCI 60870-5-104 is configured with support for IEC 62351-3. After session resumption interval is expired an RTU500 initiated update of session parameters causes an unexpected restart due to a stack overflow.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-12-19 CVE Reserved
2023-07-26 CVE Published
2025-03-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000121&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch	2023-08-03
https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000121&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch	2025-03-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Firmware Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware"	13.3.1 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware" and version "13.3.1"	-	Affected	in	Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500"	-	-	Safe
Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Firmware Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware"	13.3.2 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware" and version "13.3.2"	-	Affected	in	Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500"	-	-	Safe
Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Firmware Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware"	13.3.3 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware" and version "13.3.3"	-	Affected	in	Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500"	-	-	Safe
Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Firmware Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware"	13.4.1 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500 Firmware" and version "13.4.1"	-	Affected	in	Hitachienergy Search vendor "Hitachienergy"	Rtu500 Search vendor "Hitachienergy" for product "Rtu500"	-	-	Safe