CVE-2018-18981: rockwell rockwell automation factorytalk services platform v2.90 and earlier Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-18981 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in rockwell rockwell automation factorytalk services platform v2.90 and earlier. EPSS estimates a 3.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-01-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.90 and earlier, a remote unauthenticated attacker could send numerous crafted packets to service ports resulting in memory consumption that could lead to a partial or complete denial-of-service condition to the affected services.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.