CVE-2020-12038
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously...
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior, RSNetWorx software: Version 28.00.00 and prior, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software: Version 32 and prior) is vulnerable. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the algorithm that matches square brackets in the EDS subsystem. This may allow an attacker to craft specialized EDS files to crash the EDSParser COM object, leading to denial-of-service conditions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior, RSNetWorx software: Version 28.00.00 and prior, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software: Version 32 and prior) is vulnerable. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the algorithm that matches square brackets in the EDS subsystem. This may allow an attacker to craft specialized EDS files to crash the EDSParser COM object, leading to denial-of-service conditions.
- Record
CVE-2020-12038- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior, RSNetWorx software: Version 28.00.00 and prior, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software: Version 32 and prior) is vulnerable. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the algorithm that matches square brackets in the EDS subsystem. This may allow an attacker to craft specialized EDS files to crash the EDSParser COM object, leading to denial-of-service conditions.
- Record
CVE-2020-12038- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4354 No score
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior, RSNetWorx software: Version 28.00.00 and prior, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software: Version 32 and prior) is vulnerable. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the algorithm that matches square brackets in the EDS subsystem. This may allow an attacker to craft specialized EDS files to crash the EDSParser COM object, leading to denial-of-service conditions.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4354- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxv4-cqjv-gg3m No score
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously...
Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior, RSNetWorx software: Version 28.00.00 and prior, Studio 5000 Logix Designer software: Version 32 and prior) is vulnerable. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the algorithm that matches square brackets in the EDS subsystem. This may allow an attacker to craft specialized EDS files to crash the EDSParser COM object, leading to denial-of-service conditions.
- Record
GHSA-gxv4-cqjv-gg3m- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Rockwellautomation Eds Subsystem, published May 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.56%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.