CVE-2018-18981 json
In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.90 and earlier, a remote unauthenticated attacker could send numerous crafted packet…
published 2019-01-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10685
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.9%
- EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.90 and earlier, a remote unauthenticated attacker could send numerous crafted packets to service ports resulting in memory consumption that could lead to a partial or complete denial-of-service condition to the affected services.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-18-331-02 updated cvss 7.5
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform
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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform <= 2.90affected: mitigation “Run all software as user, not as an administrator, to minimize the impact of malicious code on the infected system.” compatibility.rockwellautomation.com
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
Exploit prediction
3.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- Rockwell Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform v2.90 and earlier
Classification
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/106279
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSA-18-331-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-18981
- NVD CVE-2018-18981
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