CVE-2016-2345
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote...
CVE-2016-2345 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dameware Mini Remote Control, published March 17, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 51.5%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
- Record
CVE-2016-2345- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
- Record
CVE-2016-2345- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3429 No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3429- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jmfh-h6p2-h9hg
9.8
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote...
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
- Record
GHSA-jmfh-h6p2-h9hg- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | DameWare Remote Controller < 12.0.0.520 - Remote Code Execution | 2016-04-03 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |