Softing Industrial Automation Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in Softing Industrial Automation GmbH gateways. This vulnerability allows for buffer overflow exploitation. It affects several products, including pnGate, epGate, mbGate, smartLink HW-DP, and smartLink HW-PN, all through version 1.30, as well as smartLink HW-PN versions through 1.01.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can commonly result in arbitrary code execution or causing a crash, depending on the context.