CVE-2022-47949

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The Nintendo NetworkBuffer class, as used in Animal Crossing: New Horizons before 2.0.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large UDP packet that causes a buffer overflow, aka ENLBufferPwn. The victim must join a game session with the attacker. Other affected products include Mario Kart 7 before 1.2, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe before 2.1.0, ARMS before 5.4.1, Splatoon, Splatoon 2 before 5.5.1, Splatoon 3 before late 2022, Super Mario Maker 2 before 3.0.2, and Nintendo Switch Sports before late 2022.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/24/2022

Last Modified4/14/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

nintendo:animal_crossing\nintendo:armsnintendo:mario_kart_7nintendo:mario_kart_8nintendo:splatoonnintendo:splatoon_2nintendo:splatoon_3nintendo:super_mario_maker_2nintendo:switch_sports

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120CWE-120

References

https://github.com/PabloMK7/ENLBufferPwn(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/PabloMK7/ENLBufferPwn(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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