What is CVE-2018-18981?

CVE-2018-18981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Services Platform V2.90 And Earlier, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-18981?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Services Platform V2.90 And Earlier

CVE-2018-18981

In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.90 and earlier, a remote unauthenticated attacker could send numerous crafted packets to service ports resulting in memory consumption that could lead to a partial or complete denial-o…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.039 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Services Platform V2.90 And Earlier — versions Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform v2.90 and earlier
Rockwellautomation Factorytalk_services_platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18981?: CVE-2018-18981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Factorytalk Services Platform V2.90 And Earlier, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-18981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.