CVE-2020-6986 (GCVE-0-2020-6986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-05 20:05 – Updated: 2026-06-02 19:52
VLAI
Summary
In all versions of Omron PLC CJ Series, an attacker can send a series of specific data packets within a short period, causing a service error on the PLC Ethernet module, which in turn causes a PLC service denied result.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - UNCONTROLLED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CWE-400
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Omron PLC CJ Series Affected: all versions
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