KW Watcher Vulnerability ALlows Malicious Read Access to Memory

Description

A buffer error in Panasonic KW Watcher versions 1.00 through 2.83 may allow attackers malicious read access to memory.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Panasonic Holdings Corporation · KW Watcher

  • affected 1.00 – ≤ 2.83

What to do

Workaround: -Do not open KWW files of unknown provenance -If opening a KWW file causes a dialog describing an error such as "File open error" to be displayed or KW Watcher terminates abruptly, please stop using the file in question

References (1)

• https://www3.panasonic.biz/ac/e/fasys/software_info/eco/tol_kwwatcher.jsp (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 1 Aug 2024, 20:33 UTC.