CVE-2022-42444Network attack vector

Integration server crash via undisclosed buffer overflow

Published Feb 6, 2023 · Updated Mar 25, 2025

Buffer overflow in IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0 and 12.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash an integration server process. IBM has not published the affected function, buffer, or input whose length is mishandled. Administrative privileges are required, and successful exploitation terminates the targeted process without reported data disclosure or modification.

CVSS severity4.9
Medium
EPSS probability1.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Buffer overflow in IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0 and 12.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash an integration server process. IBM has not published the affected function, buffer, or input whose length is mishandled. Administrative privileges are required, and successful exploitation terminates the targeted process without reported data disclosure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-42444
Published
Feb 6, 2023
Updated
Mar 25, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
App Connect Enterprise
Classifications
CWE-121, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=11.0.0.8 <11.0.0.19
  2. Affected versionversion=12.0.1.0 <12.0.5.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

IBM · App Connect Enterpriseversion=11.0.0.8 <11.0.0.19; version=12.0.1.0 <12.0.5.0

Published CVSS scores

4.9IBMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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