CVE-2023-5407Network attack vector

Controller crash via crafted message stack overflow

Published Apr 17, 2024 · Updated Aug 8, 2024

Stack-based buffer overflow in Honeywell Experion PKS C300 Controller allows remote attackers to crash the controller via a crafted message. The controller mishandles a received message and overwrites a stack buffer, but Honeywell has not disclosed the affected decoder, protocol, field, or missing bounds check. No authentication or user interaction is required, although exploitation has high complexity; the documented consequence is loss of controller availability, not code execution.

CVSS severity5.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.44%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack-based buffer overflow in Honeywell Experion PKS C300 Controller allows remote attackers to crash the controller via a crafted message. The controller mishandles a received message and overwrites a stack buffer, but Honeywell has not disclosed the affected decoder, protocol, field, or missing bounds check. No authentication or user interaction is required, although exploitation has high complexity; the documented consequence is loss of controller availability, not code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-5407
Published
Apr 17, 2024
Updated
Aug 8, 2024
Vendor
Honeywell Technologies
Product
Experion PKS C300 Controller
Classifications
CWE-121, CAPEC-100, T0814
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 8, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=510.1 <=510.2 HF13 changes=[{"at":"510.2 HF14","status":"unaffected"}]
  2. Affected versionversion=511.1 <=511.5 TCU4 HF3 changes=[{"at":"511.5 TCU4 HF4","status":"unaffected"}]
  3. Affected versionversion=520.1 <=520.1 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.1 TCU5","status":"unaffected"}]
  4. Affected versionversion=520.2 <=520.2 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.2 TCU4 HF1","status":"unaffected"}]
  5. Affected versionversion=520.2 <=520.2 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.2 TCU4 HF2","status":"unaffected"}]
  6. Affected versionversion=520.2 TCU4 HFR2 <=511.5 TCU4 HF3 changes=[{"at":"511.5 TCU4 HF4","status":"unaffected"}]

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Honeywell Technologies · Experion PKS C300 Controllerversion=510.1 <=510.2 HF13 changes=[{"at":"510.2 HF14","status":"unaffected"}]; version=511.1 <=511.5 TCU4 HF3 changes=[{"at":"511.5 TCU4 HF4","status":"unaffected"}]; version=520.1 <=520.1 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.1 TCU5","status":"unaffected"}]; version=520.2 <=520.2 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.2 TCU4 HF1","status":"unaffected"}]; version=520.2 <=520.2 TCU4 changes=[{"at":"520.2 TCU4 HF2","status":"unaffected"}]; version=520.2 TCU4 HFR2 <=511.5 TCU4 HF3 changes=[{"at":"511.5 TCU4 HF4","status":"unaffected"}]

Published CVSS scores

5.9Honeywell International Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-100Overflow Buffers
T0814Denial of Service

Public exploit references

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