What is CVE-2018-8843?

CVE-2018-8843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ics-Cert Rockwell Automation Arena, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-8843?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Use After Free in Ics-Cert Rockwell Automation Arena

CVE-2018-8843

Rockwell Automation Arena versions 15.10.00 and prior contains a use after free vulnerability caused by processing specially crafted Arena Simulation Software files that may cause the software application to crash, potentially losing any unsaved data..

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ics-cert Rockwell Automation Arena — versions Arena versions 15.10.00 and prior
Rockwellautomation Arena

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

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-2018-8843?: CVE-2018-8843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ics-Cert Rockwell Automation Arena, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-8843?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.