CVE-2016-8364 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in IBHsoftec S7-SoftPLC versions prior to 4.12b. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send a specially crafted network packet larger than the allocated memory, leading to potential arbitrary code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, posing a severe risk to affected systems. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibhsoftec:s7-softplc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.