CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2016-8352 — Schneider-Electric Connexium Firmware security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 10

An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric ConneXium firewalls TCSEFEC23F3F20 all versions, TCSEFEC23F3F21 all versions, TCSEFEC23FCF20 all versions, TCSEFEC23FCF21 all versions, and TCSEFEC2CF3F20 all versions. A stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered during the SNMP login authentication process that may allow an attacker to remotely execute code.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
10 (3.0)
Published
2017-02-13
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Affected products

  • schneider-electric / connexium_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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