CVE-2016-9343 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Rockwell Automation Logix5000 Programmable Automation Controllers, specifically firmware versions 16.00 through 21.00. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) packet over the network. This can lead to remote code execution on the controller or a denial of service through a non-recoverable fault, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 11 mentions and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
18.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_controller_firmware:18.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_controller_firmware:19.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_controller_firmware:20.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_controller_firmware:21.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:rslogix_emulate_5000_firmware:18.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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.
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.