Is CVE-2020-5802 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5802 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5802?

CVE-2020-5802 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5802?

CVE-2020-5802 has an EPSS score of 38.83% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-5802?

No published fix for CVE-2020-5802 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5802

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An attacker-controlled memory allocation size can be passed to the C++ new operator in RnaDaSvr.dll by sending a specially crafted ConfigureItems message to TCP port 4241. This will cause an unhandled exception, resulting in termination of RSLinxNG.exe. Observed in FactoryTalk 6.11. All versions of FactoryTalk Linx are affected.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

38.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

tenable.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.