Buffer overflow in the lm_tcp service in Invensys Wonderware InBatch 8.1 and 9.0, as used in Invensys Foxboro I/A Series Batch 8.1 and poss…

published 2010-12-17 15y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4523

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 12.1%; EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in the lm_tcp service in Invensys Wonderware InBatch 8.1 and 9.0, as used in Invensys Foxboro I/A Series Batch 8.1 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to port 9001.

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Vendor advisories

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cisa ICSA-10-348-01A updated 2025-06-17 cvss 10.0

Wonderware InBatch Vulnerability

Invensys I/A Series Batch 8.1 - I/A Series Batch Server Invensys Wonderware InBatch 8.1 - InBatch Server Invensys Wonderware InBatch 9.0 - InBatch Server
affected: mitigation “Invensys provides information and useful links related to their security updates at their Cyber Security Updates site.”

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

Timeline

2010-12-08 First public exploit (EDB-15707)
2010-12-17 Published

Exploit prediction

12.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-15707 WonderWare InBatch 9.0sp1 - Buffer Overflow dos, 2010-12-08
aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/adv/inbatch_1-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/15707
exploit
aluigi.org /adv/inbatch_1-adv.txt
exploit
iom.invensys.com /EN/Pages/IOM_CyberSecurityUpdates.aspx
vendor-advisory
iom.invensys.com /EN/pdfLibrary/SecurityAlert_Invensys_SecurityAlert-LFSEC00000051_12-10.pdf
vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/42528
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2010/3244
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
us-cert.gov /control_systems/pdf/ICSA-10-348-01.pdf
us-government-resource
kb.cert.org /vuls/id/647928
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-4557
NVD CVE-2010-4557

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