CVE-2020-7562 Memory corruption in Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details)

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds read in the Modicon PLC web server allows attackers to cause a crash or potential code execution via a crafted FTP upload.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-7562?

CVE-2020-7562 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details), published on 18 Nov 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A CWE-125: Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the Web Server on Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium Legacy offers and their Communication Modules (see notification for details) which could cause a segmentation fault or a buffer overflow when uploading a specially crafted file on the controller over FTP.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7562?

It affects 20 products.

Products include Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx Noc 0401 Firmware, Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx Noe 0100 Firmware, Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx Noe 0100h Firmware, Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx Noe 0110 Firmware, Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx Noe 0110h Firmware, Schneider-Electric Modicon M340 Bmx nor 0200h Firmware and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7562 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-2020-7562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jhf7-x7rx-7fc9.

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