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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2020-25181

High
8.8/10

Summary

WECON PLC Editor Versions 1.3.8 and prior has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been identified that may allow arbitrary code execution.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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  • Published