CVE-2011-1918

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-11-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Data Archiver service in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian before 3.5 SIM 17 and 4.x before 4.0 SIM 12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted TCP message traffic.

Affected products

GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian: through 3.5; 4.0

References

http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-11-243-03A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50475
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-243-03.pdf
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-11-243-03A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50475
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-243-03.pdf

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