CVE-2016-0868 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 devices (Series A through 15.000 and Series B before 15.002). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted web request to the affected devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:1763-l16awa_series_a:15.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:1763-l16awa_series_b:15.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:1763-l16bbb_series_a:15.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:1763-l16bbb_series_b:15.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:1763-l16bwa_series_a:15.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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.