What is CVE-2016-5814?

CVE-2016-5814 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Rslogix_500_professional_edition, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-5814?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Rockwellautomation Rslogix_500_professional_edition

CVE-2016-5814

Buffer overflow in Rockwell Automation RSLogix Micro Starter Lite, RSLogix Micro Developer, RSLogix 500 Starter Edition, RSLogix 500 Standard Edition, and RSLogix 500 Professional Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code v…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.047 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5814?: CVE-2016-5814 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Rslogix_500_professional_edition, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-5814?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.