CVE-2020-16209 Fieldcomm Group HART-IP and hipserver - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on Fieldcomm Group HART-IP devices via stack-based buffer overflow in message processing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16209?
CVE-2020-16209 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fieldcomm Group HART-IP Developer Kit, published on 19 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16209?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fieldcommgroup Hart-Ip Developer Kit Firmware, Fieldcommgroup Hipserver.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16209?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-16209 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16209 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3m8m-chpw-jfjm.