CVE-2011-2530: Rockwellautomation Eds Hardware Installation Tool

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 7.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in RSEds.dll in RSHWare.exe in the EDS Hardware Installation Tool 1.0.5.1 and earlier in Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic before 2.58 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed .eds file.

Affected products

• Rockwellautomation Eds Hardware Installation Tool: up to and including 1.0.5.1
• Rockwellautomation Rslinx: before 2.58 (fixed in 2.58)

Published 2011-06-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.