Buffer overflow in Ics-Cert Schneider Electric Indusoft Web Studio And Intouch Machine Edition

CVE-2018-8840

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

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: 0.086 (94.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% 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-2018-8840: held from 0.083 to 0.086.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.083 · newest: 0.086 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8840?
CVE-2018-8840 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ics-Cert Schneider Electric Indusoft Web Studio And Intouch Machine Edition, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-8840?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.