CVE-2018-8843

mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.96% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

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

Rockwell Automation Arena versions 15.10.00 and prior contains a use after free vulnerability caused by processing specially crafted Arena Simulation Software files that may cause the software application to crash, potentially losing any unsaved data..

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedArenacisa_csaf_ot
Rockwell Automation encourages affected users to upgrade to the latest version of Arena software, v15.10.01 or later
https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1073588

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Arena: versions 15.10.00 and priorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Automation Arena≤ 15.10.00cisa_csaf_otUS
ICS-CERT Rockwell Automation Arena≤ Arena versions 15.10.00 and priorenisa_euvdEU
rockwellautomation arena≤ 15.10.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:arena:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-18-130-02Rockwell Automation Arena2018-05-10icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the software application to crash.

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 2018-05-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104166 cnnvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-130-02 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104166 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104166 enisa_euvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-130-02 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104166Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-130-02Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd

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