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CVE-2020-5806

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 29, 2020 at 03:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFactoryTalk Linx

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

An attacker-controlled memory allocation size can be passed to the C++ new operator in the CServerManager::HandleBrowseLoadIconStreamRequest in messaging.dll. This can be done by sending a specially crafted message to 127.0.0.1:7153. Observed in FactoryTalk Linx 6.11. All versions of FactoryTalk Linx are affected.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-71

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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