CVE-2020-5802

HIGH

FactoryTalk <6.11 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An attacker-controlled memory allocation size can be passed to the C++ new operator in RnaDaSvr.dll by sending a specially crafted ConfigureItems message to TCP port 4241. This will cause an unhandled exception, resulting in termination of RSLinxNG.exe. Observed in FactoryTalk 6.11. All versions of FactoryTalk Linx are affected.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-71

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 77.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (1)
rockwellautomation/factorytalk_linx < 6.11
Published Dec 29, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026