Buffer overflow in Rockwellautomation 1766-L32awa

CVE-2017-16740

A Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 Controllers, Series B and C Versions 21.002 and earlier. The stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified, which may allow remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-16740: held from 0.071 to 0.072.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.072 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16740?
CVE-2017-16740 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation 1766-L32awa, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2018-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-16740?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.