CVE-2021-29298

MEDIUM

Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted Traffic to FrameworX.exe

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Improper Input Validation in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and application crash via crafted traffic from a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack to the component "FrameworX.exe"in the module "fxVPStatcTcp.dll".

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0077
EPSS Percentile 51.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
emerson/proficy_machine_edition 8.0
Published Jul 30, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026