Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-7032. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A memory abuse issue exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® Simulation. A custom file can force Arena Simulation to read and write past the end of memory space. Successful use requires user action, such as opening a bad file or webpage. If used, a threat actor could execute code or disclose information.

It is possible to read the advisory at rockwellautomation.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-7032 since 07/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245590 (Rockwell Automation Arena < 16.20.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (245590). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Automation Software

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• Rockwell Automation

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• Arena Simulation

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• commercial

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