CVE-2020-22552 (GCVE-0-2020-22552)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-28 13:51 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:10
VLAI
Summary
The Snap7 server component in version 1.4.1, when an attacker sends a crafted packet with COTP protocol the last-data-unit flag set to No and S7 writes a var function, the Snap7 server will be crashed.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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