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high 8.6

CVE-2016-5814 json

Buffer overflow in Rockwell Automation RSLogix Micro Starter Lite, RSLogix Micro Developer, RSLogix 500 Starter Edition, RSLogix 500 Standa…

published 2016-09-19 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6749

cvss
8.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Rockwell Automation RSLogix Micro Starter Lite, RSLogix Micro Developer, RSLogix 500 Starter Edition, RSLogix 500 Standard Edition, and RSLogix 500 Professional Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RSS project file.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-16-224-02A updated cvss 8.6

Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500 and RSLogix Micro File Parser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Update A)

  • Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500 Professional Edition <=10.00.00 Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500 Standard Edition <=10.00.00 Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500 Starter Edition <=10.00.00 Rockwell Automation RSLogix Micro Developer <=10.00.00 Rockwell Automation RSLogix Micro Starter Lite <=10.00.00
    affected: mitigation rockwellautomation.custhelp.com

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

Exploit prediction

4.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.