CVE-2011-1918: ge intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1918 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in ge intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian. EPSS estimates a 6.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-11-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Data Archiver service in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian before 3.5 SIM 17 and 4.x before 4.0 SIM 12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted TCP message traffic.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.