CVE-2023-5460: delta_electronics wplsoft Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-5460 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in delta_electronics wplsoft. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 09-10-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Delta Electronics WPLSoft up to 2.51 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Modbus Data Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-241583. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

• 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().