CVE-2018-14797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Emerson DeltaV DCS versions 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, R5 allow a specially crafted DLL file to be placed in the search path and loaded as an internal and valid DLL, which may allow arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00225.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Emerson

DeltaV DCS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`v11.3.1, v12.3.1, v13.3.0, v13.3.1, R5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:11.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:12.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:13.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:13.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:r5:::::::*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Emerson Subscribe	Deltav Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-6681	Emerson DeltaV DCS versions 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, R5 allow a specially crafted DLL file to be placed in the search path and loaded as an internal and valid DLL, which may allow arbitrary code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105105
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-228-01

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00373}`	epss `{'score': 0.00225}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2018-08-23T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:19:50.624Z

Reserved: 2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14797

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-23T19:29:01.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:48.897

Link: CVE-2018-14797

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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