CVE-2012-0221

Factorytalk vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

10.3%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

The FactoryTalk (FT) RNADiagReceiver service in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk CPR9 through SR5 and RSLogix 5000 17 through 20 does not properly handle the return value from an unspecified function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a crafted packet.

Affected vendor

Rockwellautomation

Affected product

Factorytalk

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2012-04-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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