What is CVE-2016-2290?

CVE-2016-2290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-2290?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed

CVE-2016-2290

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pro-face GP-Pro EX EX-ED before 4.05.000, PFXEXEDV before 4.05.000, PFXEXEDLS before 4.05.000, and PFXEXGRPLS before 4.05.000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2290?: CVE-2016-2290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-2290?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.