SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-11918

Description

Rockwell Automation Arena® suffers from a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DOE files. Local attackers are able to exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arena®. Exploiting the vulnerability requires opening a malicious DOE file.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rockwell Automation	Arena	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	rockwell_automation	arena	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1763.html

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: HIGH
Attack Requirements: NONE
Privileges Required: NONE
User Interaction: ACTIVE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: HIGH
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 14, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 14, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com

CVE-2025-11918