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CVE-2020-12494 — Beckhoff's TwinCAT RT network driver for Intel 8254x and 8255x is providing Ethe

Beckhoff's TwinCAT RT network driver for Intel 8254x and 8255x is providing EtherCAT functionality. The driver implements real-time features. Except for Ethernet frames sent from real-time functionality, all other Ethernet frames sent through the driver are not padded if the

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.34% (top 43.70%)
CWE
CWE-459
Published
2020-06-16T13:28:38.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T11:56:52.090Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Beckhoff's TwinCAT RT network driver for Intel 8254x and 8255x is providing EtherCAT functionality. The driver implements real-time features. Except for Ethernet frames sent from real-time functionality, all other Ethernet frames sent through the driver are not padded if their payload is less than the minimum Ethernet frame size. Instead, arbitrary memory content is transmitted within in the…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
BeckhoffTwinCat Driver for Intel 8254x (Tcl8254x.sys)unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
BeckhoffTwinCat Driver for Intel 8255x (Tcl8255x.sys)unspecified, unspecified, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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