Description
Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon crash) via a crafted packet with a certain opcode that triggers an invalid attempt to allocate a large amount of memory.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Pro-face Pro-Server EX WinGP PC Runtime - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-18878 · dos · May 14, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- ICSA-12-179-01 Pro-Face Pro-Server EX Vulnerabilities CISA ICS & IT advisories · Jun 5, 2025
References
- https://www.hmisource.com/otasuke/news/2012/0606.html
- proserverex-exception-dos(75551) vdb-entry
- https://www.hmisource.com/otasuke/download/update/server_ex/server_ex/Readme_E.txt
- http://aluigi.org/adv/proservrex_1-adv.txt
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-179-01
- 53499 vdb-entry
- 49172 third-party-advisory