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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2021-20589

High
7.5/10

Summary

Buffer access with incorrect length value vulnerability in GOT2000 series GT27 model communication driver versions 01.19.000 through 01.38.000, GT25 model communication driver versions 01.19.000 through 01.38.000, GT23 model communication driver versions 01.19.000 through 01.38.000 and GT21 model communication driver versions 01.21.000 through 01.39.000, GOT SIMPLE series GS21 model communication driver versions 01.21.000 through 01.39.000, GT SoftGOT2000 versions 1.170C through 1.250L and Tension Controller LE7-40GU-L Screen package data for MODBUS/TCP V1.00 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to stop the communication function of the products via specially crafted packets.

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

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published