Uncontrolled resource consumption in Rockwell RSLinx Classic
Priority LOW 39CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic Versions 4.00.01 and prior. A remote, unauthenticated threat actor may intentionally send specially crafted Ethernet/IP packets to Port 44818, causing the software application to stop responding and crash. The user must restart the software to regain functionality.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03756 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14827
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x977-8678-7c9x
References
More Rockwell Rslinx vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-04607 Stack-based buffer overflow in Rockwell RSLinx Classic CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-10659 Stack-based buffer overflow in Rockwell RSLinx Classic CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2011-02222 Buffer overflow in RSEds.dll in RSHWare.exe in the EDS Hardware Installation Tool 1.0.5.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2020-10651 Memory corruption in Rockwell Automation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-10651 Heap-based buffer overflow in Rockwell RSLinx Classic CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-09693 SQL injection in EDS Subsystem, FactoryTalk Linx software , RSLinx Classic, RSNetWorx… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2018-14827 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-14827 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x977-8678-7c9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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