CVE-2023-7242

Ethercat Zeek Plugin Out-of-bounds Read

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: March 1, 2024 at 08:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIcsnpp Ethercat

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Industrial Control Systems Network Protocol Parsers (ICSNPP) - Ethercat Zeek Plugin versions d78dda6 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read during the process of analyzing a specific Ethercat packet. This could allow an attacker to crash the Zeek process and leak some information in memory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ d78dda6v < d78dda6
Affected range stops below d78dda6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.2HIGHicscert
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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