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CVE-2017-16740

CRITICAL

A Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 Controllers, Series B and C Versions 21.002 and earlier. The stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified, which may allow remote code execution.

Published: Jan 9, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-120 CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: CHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (6)

Vendor Product Version
rockwellautomation 1766-l32bxba_firmware *
rockwellautomation 1766-l32awa_firmware *
rockwellautomation 1766-l32bxb_firmware *
rockwellautomation 1766-l32bwaa_firmware *
rockwellautomation 1766-l32awaa_firmware *
rockwellautomation 1766-l32bwa_firmware *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-f8m9-fwqj-74hf

A Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 10.0 / 10
EPSS Score 7.15%

Top 6% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 42.1 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub