What is CVE-2019-5179?

CVE-2019-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wago Pfc200, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-5179?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Wago Pfc200

CVE-2019-5179

An exploitable stack buffer overflow vulnerability vulnerability exists in the iocheckd service ‘I/O-Check’ functionality of WAGO PFC 200 Firmware version 03.02.02(14). An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to trigger the parsing…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (47.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wago Pfc200
Wago Pfc200_firmware — versions 03.02.02\(14\)
Wago Pfc200 — versions Firmware version 03.02.02(14)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5179?: CVE-2019-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wago Pfc200, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-5179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.