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CVE-2020-14524

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

Softing Industrial Automation all versions prior to the latest build of version 4.47.0, The affected product is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Softing — OPC

CWEs

References

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