CVE-2016-4529

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.99% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An unspecified ActiveX control in Schneider Electric SoMachine HVAC Programming Software for M171/M172 Controllers before 2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, related to the INTERFACESAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CALLER (aka safe for scripting) flag.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationSoMachine HVAC-Applicationcisa_csaf_ot
Schneider Electric’s security notice SEVD-2016-161-01 is available at the following location: (http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2016-161-01)
http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2016-161-01

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.4

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · CISA US

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-623US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Schneider Electric SoMachine HVAC-Application: <=2.0.2all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Schneider Electric SoMachine HVAC-Application≤ 2.0.2cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
schneider-electric somachine hvac firmware≤ 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:somachine_hvac_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-16-196-03Schneider Electric SoMachine HVAC Unsafe ActiveX Control Vulnerability2016-04-17icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-07-15modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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