What is CVE-2020-6999?

CVE-2020-6999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moxa Mds-G516e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-6999?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Moxa Mds-G516e

CVE-2020-6999

In Moxa EDS-G516E Series firmware, Version 5.2 or lower, some of the parameters in the setting pages do not ensure text is the correct size for its buffer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (58.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Moxa Mds-g516e
Moxa Mds-g516e_firmware
N/a Moxa Eds-g516e Series Firmware, Version 5.2 Or Lower — versions Moxa EDS-G516E Series firmware, Version 5.2 or lower

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6999?: CVE-2020-6999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moxa Mds-G516e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-6999?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.