01 Record
CVE-2023-27858
Rockwell Automation Arena® Simulation Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Rockwell
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Rockwell Automation Arena® Simulation Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 18.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-10-27 18:58Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-09 19:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- Rockwell
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 32cd1301277e24e3d559e2702bbaa0e51243d3ddfdc245b61453cd97e4a208df
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- rockwellautomation.custhelp.comhttps://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1141145
07 Remediation
* Upgrade to 16.20.02 which has been patched to mitigate these issues, by referencing BF29820 - Patch: ZDI Security Patch & Windows 11 updates , Arena 16.2 https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1141044 .