CVE-2017-12732

MEDIUM

GE CIMPLICITY < 9.0 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via Packet Length Mismatch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101174
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-278-01

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 50.3%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-121
Status published
Products (2)
ge/intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_cimplicity < 9.0
n/a/GE CIMPLICITY GE CIMPLICITY
Published Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026