Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft DPS File wLogTitlesActionLen Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

EIP-0dffc5aa

A stack based buffer overflow exists in Delta Electronics Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft when parsing the wLogTitlesActionLen field of a DPS file. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DPS file to achieve remote code execution.

Vulnerability Identifier

  • Exodus Intelligence: EIP-0dffc5aa
  • MITRE: CVE-2023-43821

Vulnerability Metrics

  • CVSSv2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • CVSSv2 Score: 6.8

Vendor References

  • The affected product is end-of-life and no patches are available.

Discovery Credit

  • Exodus Intelligence

Disclosure Timeline 

  • Disclosed to Vendor: March 8, 2023
  • Vendor response to disclosure: March 22, 2023
  • Disclosed to public: January 18, 2024

Further Information

Readers of this advisory who are interested in receiving further details around the vulnerability, mitigations, detection guidance, and more can contact us at sales@exodusintel.com