Emerson Movicon RTUSERS File Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-3871)

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Emerson Movicon.

User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of RTUSERS files within the editusr component.

The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition.

An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Emerson has issued an update to correct this vulnerability.

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