SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-6996

A specially crafted message may cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.35%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Triangle MicroWorks DNP3 Outstation LibrariesDNP3 Outstation .NET Protocol components and DNP3 Outstation ANSI C source code libraries are affected:3.16.00 through 3.25.01. A specially crafted message may cause a stack-based buffer overflow. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.35% probability · 70th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-787
Affected
trianglemicroworks/dnp3 source code library
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

References

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