CVE-2020-7562 (GCVE-0-2020-7562)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-18 13:54
Modified
2024-08-04 09:33
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A CWE-125: Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details) which could cause a segmentation fault or a buffer overflow when uploading a specially crafted file on the controller over FTP.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details) Version: Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details)
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