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CVE-2018-8840 (GCVE-0-2018-8840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-18 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:53
VLAI
Summary
A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - STACK-BASED BUFFER OVERFLOW CWE-121
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ICS-CERT Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition Affected: InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions.
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Date Public
2018-04-06 00:00
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