What is CVE-2018-19282?

CVE-2018-19282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Powerflex 525 Ac Drives, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-19282?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Rockwellautomation Powerflex 525 Ac Drives

CVE-2018-19282

Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives 5.001 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) network stack. The vulnerability allows the attacker to crash the CIP in a way that it does not accept new connections, but keeps the current connections active, which can prevent legitimate users from recovering control.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2019-04-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.056 (92.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-087-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
applied-risk.com/application/files/4215/5385/2294/Advisory_AR2019004_Rockwell_P… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19282?: CVE-2018-19282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Powerflex 525 Ac Drives, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-19282?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.