CVE-2025-11918 (GCVE-0-2025-11918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-14 13:28 – Updated: 2025-11-14 15:44
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Summary
Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.
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7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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Rockwell Automation Arena® Simulation Affected: Version 16.20.10 and prior
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