CVE-2011-5008

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in the GatewayService component in 3S CoDeSys 3.4 SP4 Patch 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large size value in the packet header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.30% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-336-01A.pdf us government resource exploit
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Nov/178 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/47018 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/codesys_1-adv.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/77386 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71531 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-5008?
CVE-2011-5008 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-5008?
To fix CVE-2011-5008, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-5008 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-5008 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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