ABB M2M Gateway Heap Overflow in embedded Zlib (CVE-2022-37434)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503244

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field.
NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g., see the nodejs/node reference).

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-105-08

http://www.nessus.org/u?310ae51a

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/37

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/38

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/42

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1

https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/9271

https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow

http://www.nessus.org/u?0392c65c

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c1106ec

http://www.nessus.org/u?5da620e6

http://www.nessus.org/u?44ff01d1

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00012.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?cbe697d2

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c3bb421

http://www.nessus.org/u?5641889d

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ded96cf

http://www.nessus.org/u?81131198

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0005/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213489

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213490

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213491

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213493

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213494

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5218

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 503244

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 5/27/2025

Updated: 5/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:abb:sw_firmware, cpe:/o:abb:arm600_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37434

CWE: 787

ICSA: 25-105-08