Heap-based buffer overflow in the WWCabFile ActiveX component in the Wonderware System Platform in Invensys Wonderware Application Server 2012 and earlier, Foxboro Control Software 3.1 and earlier, InFusion CE/FE/SCADA 2.5 and earlier, Wonderware Information Server 4.5 and earlier, ArchestrA Application Object Toolkit 3.2 and earlier, and InTouch 10.0 through 10.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the Open member, leading to a function-pointer overwrite.
CVE-2012-0257 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 8 products from invensys, from invensys, from invensys and 5 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-04-02T20:55:02.187
2026-06-16T23:36:59.923
Modified
CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | invensys | archestra_application_object_toolkit | ≤ 3.2 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | foxboro_control_software | ≤ 3.1 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | infusion_control_edition | ≤ 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | infusion_foundation_edition | ≤ 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | infusion_scada | ≤ 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | intouch | 10.0 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | intouch | 10.5 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | wonderware_application_server | ≤ 2012 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | wonderware_information_server | ≤ 4.5 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | wonderware_information_server | 3.1 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | wonderware_information_server | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | invensys | wonderware_information_server | 4.0 | Yes |
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