CVE-2010-4557

Exp

Buffer overflow in the lm_tcp service in Invensys Wonderware InBatch 8.1 and 9.0, as used in Invensys Foxboro I/A Series Batch 8.1 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to port 9001.

Published: 2010-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4557 is rated High Exploit Risk (94.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 45.05%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +15.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4557

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
15707 exploit_db edb 2010-12-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4557

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-10 30.05% 45.05% +15.00%
2 2025-08-26 32.32% 30.05% -2.27%
3 2025-06-18 32.32%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4557

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4557

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4557

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
invensys wonderware_inbatch 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:invensys:wonderware_inbatch:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invensys wonderware_inbatch 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:invensys:wonderware_inbatch:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invensys foxboro_i\/a_series_batch 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:invensys:foxboro_i\/a_series_batch:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4557

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