CVE-2020-12521

Published Dec 17, 2020

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

Description
On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS a specially crafted LLDP packet may lead to a high system load in the PROFINET stack. An attacker can cause failure of system services or a complete reboot.
Source
info@cert.vde.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.1
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
6.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20
info@cert.vde.com
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations