Memory corruption in Automation FV Designer and Automation PM Designer - CVE-2016-5798
Published: October 14, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU997
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5798
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause the target system to crash or execute arbitrary code.
The weakness is due to stack-based buffer overflow. By sending additional valid packets attackers can access the system and cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in complete vulnerable system compromise.
The weakness is due to stack-based buffer overflow. By sending additional valid packets attackers can access the system and cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in complete vulnerable system compromise.
Affected software
Automation FV Designer
Automation PM Designer
Automation PM Designer