Server crash via unchecked WriteVar item count
Published Jun 29, 2026 · Updated Jun 29, 2026
Heap buffer overflow in Snap7 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to crash the server process with a malformed S7 WriteVar request. TS7Worker::PerformFunctionWrite() trusts the request-declared ItemsCount and reads DataLength from item records beyond the received payload. Remote attackers need network reachability to the Snap7 server; the demonstrated consequence is a process crash without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Snap7 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to crash the server process with a malformed S7 WriteVar request. TS7Worker::PerformFunctionWrite() trusts the request-declared ItemsCount and reads DataLength from item records beyond the received payload. Remote attackers need network reachability to the Snap7 server; the demonstrated consequence is a process crash without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-51218
- Published
- Jun 29, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-122, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 29, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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