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CVE-2018-17916

CRITICAL

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability during tag, alarm, or event related actions such as read and write, with potential for code to be executed. If InduSoft Web Studio remote communication security was not enabled, or a password was left blank, a remote user could send a carefully crafted packet to invoke an arbitrary process, with potential for code to be executed. The code would be executed under the privileges of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI runtime and could lead to a compromise of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI server machine.

Published: Nov 2, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-121 CWE-787

CVSS Metrics

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (30)

Vendor Product Version
aveva indusoft_web_studio 6.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 6.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 7.1
aveva indusoft_web_studio 8.0
aveva indusoft_web_studio 8.0
aveva indusoft_web_studio 8.0
aveva indusoft_web_studio 8.0
aveva indusoft_web_studio 8.0

…and 10 more

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-2fr8-jp4p-fff3

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine...

References (4)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 3.73%

Top 11% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.3 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub