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CVE-2022-34278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-34278 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting all versions of Siemens PADS Standard/Plus Viewer when parsing PCB files. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, but with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:pads_viewer:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:pads_viewer:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-439148.pdf
Vendor Advisory