Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 5…

published 2012-07-05 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1841

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 15.8%; EPSS 15.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 555.

Patch / fix

links 2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-12-185-01 updated 2025-06-06 cvss 10.0

WellinTech KingView Multiple Vulnerabilities

WellinTech KingHistorian 3.0. WellinTech KingView 6.53
affected: mitigation “WellinTech has developed patches to resolve these issues. The WellinTech advisory and the KingView product patch can be found here: (http://www.wellintech.com/index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653).”

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

2012-06-25 First public exploit (EDB-19389)
2012-07-05 Published

Exploit prediction

15.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19389 Kingview Touchview 6.53 - Multiple Heap Overflow Vulnerabilities dos, 2012-06-25

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

us-cert.gov /control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-185-01.pdf
patch, us-government-resource
wellintech.com /index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-1831
NVD CVE-2012-1831

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Summary