SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8344

By sending a specially crafted packet, an attacker could cause the process to terminate.

LOW 3.7EPSS 1.55%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) platform: Experion PKS, Release 3xx and prior, Experion PKS, Release 400, Experion PKS, Release 410, Experion PKS, Release 430, and Experion PKS, Release 431. Experion PKS does not properly validate input. By sending a specially crafted packet, an attacker could cause the process to terminate. A successful exploit would prevent firmware uploads to the Series-C devices.

CVSS 3.0
3.7 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
1.55% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
honeywell/experion process knowledge system
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.