What is CVE-2016-4509?

CVE-2016-4509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Elcsoft, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-4509?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eaton Elcsoft

CVE-2016-4509

Heap-based buffer overflow in elcsoft.exe in Eaton ELCSoft 2.4.01 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Eaton Elcsoft
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4509?: CVE-2016-4509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Elcsoft, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-4509?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.