THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16196
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16196

Centum Cs 3000 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Multiple Yokogawa products that contain Vnet/IP Open Communication Driver (CENTUM CS 3000(R3.05.00 - R3.09.50), CENTUM CS 3000 Entry Class(R3.05.00 - R3.09.50), CENTUM VP(R4.01.00 - R6.03.10), CENTUM VP Entry Class(R4.01.00 - R6.03.10), Exaopc(R3.10.00 - R3.75.00), PRM(R2.06.00 - R3.31.00), ProSafe-RS(R1.02.00 - R4.02.00), FAST/TOOLS(R9.02.00 - R10.02.00), B/M9000 VP(R6.03.01 - R8.01.90)) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack that may result in stopping Vnet/IP Open Communication Driver's communication via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Yokogawa
Affected product
Centum Cs 3000 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-01-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16196

  • Confirm whether Yokogawa Centum Cs 3000 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16196.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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