CVE-2012-0231

critical

Published 2012-03-15 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

PRLicenseMgr.exe in the Proficy Server License Manager in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Plant Applications 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TCP session on port 12401.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`{"endIncluding":"5.0"}`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`4.2.2`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`4.2.3`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`4.3.1`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`4.4.1`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_plant_applications	`215.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.