What is CVE-2016-2291?

CVE-2016-2291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-2291?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed

CVE-2016-2291

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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2291?: CVE-2016-2291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-2291?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.