CVE-2020-16209
Fieldcomm Group HART-IP and hipserver - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Fieldcomm Group HART-IP and hipserver - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
- Record
CVE-2020-16209- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8175
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8175- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3m8m-chpw-jfjm
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0)...
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
- Record
GHSA-3m8m-chpw-jfjm- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
- Record
CVE-2020-16209- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A malicious attacker could exploit the interface of the Fieldcomm Group HART-IP (release 1.0.0.0) by constructing messages with sufficiently large payloads to overflow the internal buffer and crash the device, or obtain control of the device.
- Record
CVE-2020-16209- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16209 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Fieldcomm Group Hipserver, published May 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.