GE Proficy HMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY up to 8.2 Privileges memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GE Proficy HMI and SCADA-CIMPLICITY up to 8.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Privileges. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-2355. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GE Proficy HMI and SCADA-CIMPLICITY up to 8.2 (SCADA Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) CimView and (2) CimEdit components in GE Proficy HMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY 8.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted CIMPLICITY screen (aka .CIM) file.

The weakness was presented 01/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2355 since 03/13/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

03/13/2014 🔍
01/16/2015 +309 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +70 days 🔍
10/03/2025 +3843 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ge.com

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-2355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73693

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 10/03/2025 19:51
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (41), 04/02/2018 11:43 (6), 10/03/2025 19:51 (24)
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Cache ID: 216:4CB:103

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