Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft DPS File InitialMacroLen Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

published 2024-01-18 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48184

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

A stack based buffer overflow exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft when parsing the InitialMacroLen field of a DPS file. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve remote code execution.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-01-19)

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Delta Electronics DOPSoft

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

blog.exodusintel.com /2024/01/18/delta-electronics-delta-industrial-automation-dopsoft-dps-file-initialmacrolen-buffer-overflow-rem
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-43819
NVD CVE-2023-43819

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Summary