Out-of-bounds ReadWeakness · CWE-125

CVE-2025-0591

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
See remediation →
81/100
Remediation priority · High
No privileges

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 · unedited
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability (CWE-125) was found in CX-Programmer. Attackers may be able to read sensitive information or cause an application crash by abusing this vulnerability.

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 · moderate confidence

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) exists in CX-Programmer that allows attackers to read memory beyond allocated buffer boundaries. This can lead to disclosure of sensitive information from process memory or cause application instability and crashes.

MitigationContact Omron for the official patch; until available, restrict access to CX-Programmer files and inputs, and run the application with least privilege to reduce exploitability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

CVSS 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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm CX-Programmer installation
    Check for CX-Programmer in typical installation directories (e.g., C:\Program Files\Omron\CX-Programmer) or look in Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for an entry containing 'CX-Programmer'
    Affected if CX-Programmer software is present on the system
  2. Identify installed CX-Programmer version
    Right-click the CX-Programmer executable (usually CX-Programmer.exe in the installation folder), select Properties, and read the File Version from the Details tab; alternatively, open CX-Programmer and go to Help > About CX-Programmer
    Affected if version cannot be determined or is not visible
  3. Compare version against affected ranges
    Since no specific version ranges were provided in the CVE advisory, document the installed version number and monitor Omron security advisories for official affected version ranges; compare your version against any future published ranges
    Affected if installed version falls within officially published affected ranges (when available)
  4. Verify CX-Programmer is in active use
    Check for recent project files (.cxp) or PLC programs opened with CX-Programmer, indicating the application has been launched; review application logs if available
    Affected if CX-Programmer has been recently executed and processes PLC project data

A system is affected if CX-Programmer is installed and its version matches the affected version range once published by Omron; the vulnerability requires the application to be running to trigger the out-of-bounds read.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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 data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Contact Omron for the official patch; until available, restrict access to CX-Programmer files and inputs, and run the application with least privilege to reduce exploitability.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
6.0 hours of engineering $1,060
Get help mitigating

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,696.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-0591 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-0591 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data