CVE-2017-12732 json
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior.
published 2017-10-05 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4271
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-17-278-01A updated cvss 6.8
GE CIMPLICITY (Update A)
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General Electric (GE) CIMPLICITY <= 9.0affected: fixed in 9.5 digitalsupport.ge.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
0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a GE CIMPLICITY
Classification
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/101174
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSA-17-278-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-12732
- NVD CVE-2017-12732
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