What is CVE-2016-2292?

CVE-2016-2292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-2292?

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

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

CVE-2016-2292

Stack-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

Published 2016-04-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-096-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2292?: CVE-2016-2292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Proface Gp-Pro Ex Ex-Ed, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-2292?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.