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CVE-2020-6994 Detail

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in some devices of Hirschmann Automation and Control HiOS and HiSecOS. The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of URL arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by specially crafting HTTP requests to overflow an internal buffer. The following devices using HiOS Version 07.0.02 and lower are affected: RSP, RSPE, RSPS, RSPL, MSP, EES, EES, EESX, GRS, OS, RED. The following devices using HiSecOS Version 03.2.00 and lower are affected: EAGLE20/30.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-091-01 Mitigation  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-12 ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Missing Custom Error Page Reference acceptance level ICS-CERT  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-6994
NVD Published Date:
04/03/2020
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2021
Source:
ICS-CERT