CVE-2012-4715

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in LogReceiver.exe in Rockwell Automation RSLinx Enterprise CPR9, CPR9-SR1, CPR9-SR2, CPR9-SR3, CPR9-SR4, CPR9-SR5, CPR9-SR5.1, and CPR9-SR6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet with a certain integer length value that is (1) too large or (2) too small, leading to improper handling by Logger.dll.

Affected products

Rockwell Automation RSLinx Enterprise Software: cpr9, cpr9-sr1, cpr9-sr2, cpr9-sr3, cpr9-sr4, cpr9-sr5 (+2)

References

http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-095-02.pdf
https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/537599
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-095-02.pdf
https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/537599

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