CVE-2023-29461 json
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
published 2023-05-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33030
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability contained in Rockwell Automation's Arena Simulation software was reported that could potentially allow a malicious user to commit unauthorized arbitrary code to the software by using a memory buffer overflow in the heap.
potentially resulting in a complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-23-131-10 updated cvss 7.8
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software
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Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software 16.20.01affected: vendor fix 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
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
-
rockwellautomation.custhelp.com
/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1139391
permissions-required, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-29461
- NVD CVE-2023-29461
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