CVE-2020-12524 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption can be exploited to cause the Phoenix Contact

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption can be exploited to cause the Phoenix Contact HMIs BTP 2043W, BTP 2070W and BTP 2102W in all versions to become unresponsive and not accurately update the display content (Denial of Service).

01What is this vulnerability?

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption can be exploited to cause the Phoenix Contact HMIs BTP 2043W, BTP 2070W and BTP 2102W in all versions to become unresponsive and not accurately update the display content (Denial of Service).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Phoenix Contact	BTP Touch Panel	BTP 2043W (1050387) all versions, BTP 2070W (1046666) all versions, BTP 2102W (1046667) all versions

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2020-12-02T14:39:20.197Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T03:58:57.990Z

09References

• cert.vde.com — https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-047