SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-13527

9502-Ax, Versions 16.00.00 and earlier, a maliciously crafted Arena file opened by an unsuspecting user may result in the use of a pointer that has not been initialized.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 5.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software Cat. 9502-Ax, Versions 16.00.00 and earlier, a maliciously crafted Arena file opened by an unsuspecting user may result in the use of a pointer that has not been initialized.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.29% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-824
Affected
rockwellautomation/arena
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 5.29%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 5.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.