CWE-1024

Comparison of Incompatible Types

The product performs a comparison between two entities, but the entities are of different, incompatible types that cannot be guaranteed to provide correct results when they are directly compared.

CVE-2020-13559 (GCVE-0-2020-13559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-11 18:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:25
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Summary
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the traffic-logging functionality of FreyrSCADA IEC-60879-5-104 Server Simulator 21.04.028. A specially crafted packet can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1024 - Comparison of Incompatible Types
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a FreyrSCADA Affected: IEC-60879-5-104 Server Simulator 21.04.028
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Mitigation

Phase: Testing

Description:

  • Thoroughly test the comparison scheme before deploying code into production. Perform positive testing as well as negative testing.

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