7.8
HIGH
CVE-2012-6438
Rockwell Automation EtherNet/IP Module Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

Buffer overflow in Rockwell Automation EtherNet/IP products; 1756-ENBT, 1756-EWEB, 1768-ENBT, and 1768-EWEB communication modules; CompactLogix L32E and L35E controllers; 1788-ENBT FLEXLogix adapter; 1794-AENTR FLEX I/O EtherNet/IP adapter; ControlLogix 18 and earlier; CompactLogix 18 and earlier; GuardLogix 18 and earlier; SoftLogix 18 and earlier; CompactLogix controllers 19 and earlier; SoftLogix controllers 19 and earlier; ControlLogix controllers 20 and earlier; GuardLogix controllers 20 and earlier; and MicroLogix 1100 and 1400 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NIC crash and communication outage) via a malformed CIP packet.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 24, 2013, 9:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-6438 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rockwellautomation controllogix_controllers
2 Rockwellautomation guardlogix_controllers
3 Rockwellautomation micrologix
4 Rockwellautomation softlogix_controllers
5 Rockwellautomation 1756-enbt
6 Rockwellautomation 1756-eweb
7 Rockwellautomation 1768-enbt
8 Rockwellautomation 1768-eweb
9 Rockwellautomation 1794-aentr_flex_i\/o_ethernet\/ip_adapter
10 Rockwellautomation compactlogix
11 Rockwellautomation compactlogix_controllers
12 Rockwellautomation compactlogix_l32e_controller
13 Rockwellautomation compactlogix_l35e_controller
14 Rockwellautomation controllogix
15 Rockwellautomation flexlogix_1788-enbt_adapter
16 Rockwellautomation guardlogix
17 Rockwellautomation softlogix
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-03.pdf US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-03.pdf US Government Resource

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Exploit Prediction

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93.38 }} 90.40%

score

0.99139

percentile

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