CVE-2012-0257

medium
Published 2012-04-02 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WWCabFile ActiveX component in the Wonderware System Platform in Invensys Wonderware Application Server 2012 and earlier, Foxboro Control Software 3.1 and earlier, InFusion CE/FE/SCADA 2.5 and earlier, Wonderware Information Server 4.5 and earlier, ArchestrA Application Object Toolkit 3.2 and earlier, and InTouch 10.0 through 10.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the Open member, leading to a function-pointer overwrite.

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.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
invensysarchestra_application_object_toolkit{"endIncluding":"3.2"}
invensysfoxboro_control_software{"endIncluding":"3.1"}
invensysinfusion_control_edition{"endIncluding":"2.5"}
invensysinfusion_foundation_edition{"endIncluding":"2.5"}
invensysinfusion_scada{"endIncluding":"2.5"}
invensysintouch10.0
invensysintouch10.5
invensyswonderware_application_server{"endIncluding":"2012"}
invensyswonderware_information_server{"endIncluding":"4.5"}
invensyswonderware_information_server3.1
invensyswonderware_information_server4.0

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.