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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2016-4512 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in ELCSimulator in Eaton ELCSoft 2.4.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a lon…

published 2016-07-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5499

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in ELCSimulator in Eaton ELCSoft 2.4.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-16-182-01 updated cvss 7.3

Eaton ELCSoft Programming Software Memory Vulnerabilities

  • Eaton ELCSoft <=2.4.01
    affected: mitigation “Eaton has released a revision that mitigates these vulnerabilities. The revision can be downloaded at (https://eatonfilesharing.box.com/s/r4ulykfay2x5nlai9pqijivdh1zyks98)” eatonfilesharing.box.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

3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.