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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12494

Instead, arbitrary memory content is transmitted within in the padding bytes of the frame.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.01%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Beckhoff's TwinCAT RT network driver for Intel 8254x and 8255x is providing EtherCAT functionality. The driver implements real-time features. Except for Ethernet frames sent from real-time functionality, all other Ethernet frames sent through the driver are not padded if their payload is less than the minimum Ethernet frame size. Instead, arbitrary memory content is transmitted within in the padding bytes of the frame. Most likely this memory contains slices from previously transmitted or received frames. By this method, memory content is disclosed, however, an attacker can hardly control which memory content is affected. For example, the disclosure can be provoked with small sized ICMP echo requests sent to the device.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.01% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-459
Affected
beckhoff/twincat driver · beckhoff/twincat
Source
info@cert.vde.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.