# CVE-2018-10628: Memory corruption in InTouch

> Unauthenticated attackers can achieve remote code execution via buffer overflow in AVEVA InTouch when using non-dot floating point separators.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w7pp-35f5-xxjq

## What is CVE-2018-10628?

CVE-2018-10628 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in AVEVA Software, LLC. InTouch, published on 24 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AVEVA InTouch 2014 R2 SP1 and prior, InTouch 2017, InTouch 2017 Update 1, and InTouch 2017 Update 2 allow an unauthenticated user to send a specially crafted packet that could overflow the buffer on a locale not using a dot floating point separator. Exploitation could allow remote code execution under the privileges of the InTouch View process.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10628?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Aveva Intouch 2014, Aveva Intouch 2017.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10628?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10628 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10628 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10628 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10628 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in AVEVA Software, LLC. InTouch, published on 24 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10628 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AVEVA Software, LLC. InTouch. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10628/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10628/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10628
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10628
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10628

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