What is CVE-2018-7511?

CVE-2018-7511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Elcsoft, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-7511?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eaton Elcsoft

CVE-2018-7511

In Eaton ELCSoft versions 2.04.02 and prior, there are multiple cases where specially crafted files could cause a buffer overflow which, in turn, may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-03-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eaton Elcsoft — versions 2.04.02 and prior
Eaton Elcsoft

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.eaton.com/ecm/idcplg (Vendor Advisory)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-03 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103301 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7511?: CVE-2018-7511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Elcsoft, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-7511?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.