CVE-2022-32960: Hinet Hicos Natural Person Credential Component Client

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

HiCOS’ client-side citizen digital certificate component has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability when reading IC card due to insufficient parameter length validation for card number. An unauthenticated physical attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, manipulate system data or terminate service.

Affected products

• Hinet Hicos Natural Person Credential Component Client: version 3.0.3.30306 only; version 3.0.3.30404 only; version 3.1.0.00002 only

Published 2022-07-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.