CVE-2018-10617
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDelta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 4.00.04 and prior utilizes a fixed-length heap buffer where a value larger than the buffer can be read from a .dpa file into the buffer, causing the buffer to be overwritten. This may allow remote code execution or cause the application to crash.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceDelta Industrial Automation DOPSoft version 4.00.04 and prior contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in its .dpa file parser. When parsing .dpa files, the application reads a value into a fixed-length heap buffer without validating that the value size does not exceed the buffer capacity, allowing an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory and potentially achieve remote code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.00.04CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate DOPSoft installation directoryCheck common installation paths such as C:\Program Files\Delta Industrial Automation\DOPSoft or C:\Program Files (x86)\Delta Industrial Automation\DOPSoft. Also check the application's executable properties by right-clicking DOPSoft.exe and selecting Properties > Details to view the File Version.Affected if The installed version is 4.00.04 or lower (the version number shown is less than or equal to 4.00.04).
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Verify installed version numberIn the DOPSoft installation folder, locate DOPSoft.exe or the main executable. Right-click and select Properties > Details to view the Product Version or File Version field. Alternatively, open DOPSoft and check Help > About DOPSoft if the application launches.Affected if The displayed version is 4.00.04 or any version number lower than 4.00.04.
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Confirm .dpa file handling is usedSearch the system for .dpa files using File Explorer search (type *.dpa in the search box) or by checking recent project folders. DOPSoft uses .dpa files for HMI project data. Check if the DOPSoft application is configured to handle these files as part of normal operations.Affected if The environment uses .dpa files with DOPSoft, which triggers the vulnerable parser code when such files are opened.
If DOPSoft version 4.00.04 or lower is installed and the system handles .dpa files, the environment is vulnerable to the heap-based buffer overflow when processing specially crafted .dpa files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate DOPSoft to a patched version if available from Delta Electronics. Until patched, avoid opening .dpa files from untrusted sources and implement network segmentation to limit exposure of systems running this software.
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