CVE-2017-12732
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A...
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2017-12732- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2017-12732- Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4271 No score
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4271- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cm9j-xv24-c3gf
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A...
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in GE CIMPLICITY Versions 9.0 and prior. A function reads a packet to indicate the next packet length. The next packet length is not verified, allowing a buffer overwrite that could lead to an arbitrary remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-cm9j-xv24-c3gf- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12732 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi\/scada Cimplicity, published October 5, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.