CVE-2019-5166 — An exploitable stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the iocheckd servic

An exploitable stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the iocheckd service ‘I/O-Check’ functionality of WAGO PFC 200 version 03.02.02(14). A specially crafted XML cache file written to a specific location on the device can cause a stack buffer overflow, resulting in code e

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the iocheckd service ‘I/O-Check’ functionality of WAGO PFC 200 version 03.02.02(14). A specially crafted XML cache file written to a specific location on the device can cause a stack buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to trigger the parsing of this cache file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wago	WAGO PFC200 Firmware	version 03.02.02(14)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-10T22:25:42.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:56.751Z

09References

• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0961