Type Vulnerability
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, corrupt memory, disclose sensitive information, or potentially execute arbitrary code.
In EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and prior, an integer overflow in network request processing can cause memory to be allocated with an incorrect size
CVE-2026-114596
What this means
This is rated high severity (8.8 out of 10). There is no confirmed exploitation of it yet. Ask IT whether the affected products are in your estate.
Full vendor description
In EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and prior, an improper validation of message length values during protocol parsing can trigger an integer overflow, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write. Successful exploitation can cause process instability or denial of service.
Scoring and exploitation
8.8/ 10
CVSS 4.0 base scoreHigh
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on availability; low on integrity.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Attack requirementsNoneAT:N
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionNoneUI:N
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityNoneVC:N
IntegrityLowVI:L
AvailabilityHighVA:H
- Not reported
- Exploited in the wild
- Not confirmed in the
- Not reported
Weaknesses
CWE-190
References
1 link from the CVE record, grouped by site.
cisa.gov1 link