CVE-2023-43816
Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft DPS File wKPFStringLen Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 2 when parsing the wKPFStringLen field of a DPS file. An anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft DPS File wKPFStringLen Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 2 when parsing the wKPFStringLen field of a DPS file. An anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve code execution.
- Record
CVE-2023-43816- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48181
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 2 when parsing the wKPFStringLen field of a DPS file. An anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48181- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fr6v-xvf6-fpc3
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft...
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 2 when parsing the wKPFStringLen field of a DPS file. An anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve code execution.
- Record
GHSA-fr6v-xvf6-fpc3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 2 when parsing the wKPFStringLen field of a DPS file. An anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve code execution.
- Record
CVE-2023-43816- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-43816 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Delta Electronics Dopsoft, published January 18, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.