Description
In EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and prior, an improper validation of message length values during protocol parsing can trigger an integer overflow, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write. Successful exploitation can cause process instability or denial of service.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The EPICS Community has made available updates to the epics-base GitHub repositories. Affected users should update to the 7.0.11 release. For more information, users should contact the EPICS Controls team https://epics-controls.org/support/. https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/pull/934 https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/pull/937 https://github.com/epics-base/pvDataCPP/pull/109

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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description In EPICS Base release 7.0.10 and prior, an improper validation of message length values during protocol parsing can trigger an integer overflow, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write. Successful exploitation can cause process instability or denial of service.
Title Integer overflow or wraparound in EPICS Base
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T16:50:09.514Z

Reserved: 2026-10-21T20:17:33.386Z

Link: CVE-2026-114596

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T17:16:58.690

Modified: 2026-10-27T17:16:58.690

Link: CVE-2026-114596

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T18:45:07Z

Weaknesses