Flex I O 1794 Aent
CVE-2020-6084
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the ENIP Request Path Logical Segment functionality of Allen-Bradley Flex IO 1794-AENT/B 4.003. A specially crafted network request can cause a loss of communications with the device resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability by sending an Electronic Key Segment with less bytes than required by the Key Format Table.
AnalysisAI
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the ENIP Request Path Logical Segment functionality of Allen-Bradley Flex IO 1794-AENT/B 4.003. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the ENIP Request Path Logical Segment functionality of Allen-Bradley Flex IO 1794-AENT/B 4.003. A specially crafted network request can cause a loss of communications with the device resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability by sending an Electronic Key Segment with less bytes than required by the Key Format Table. Affected products include: Rockwellautomation Flex I\/O 1794-Aent.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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