Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVE-2018-14821
Summary
Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic Versions 4.00.01 and prior. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated threat actor to intentionally send a malformed CIP packet to Port 44818, causing the RSLinx Classic application to terminate. The user will need to manually restart the software to regain functionality.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
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Advisory Timeline
- Published