CVE-2012-0221

medium

Published 2012-04-02 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

The FactoryTalk (FT) RNADiagReceiver service in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk CPR9 through SR5 and RSLogix 5000 17 through 20 does not properly handle the return value from an unspecified function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36570 dos multiple verified

Luigi Auriemma · 2012-01-17

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation Server - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
rockwellautomation	factorytalk	`cpr9`
rockwellautomation	factorytalk	`cpr9_sr5`
rockwellautomation	rslogix_5000	`17`
rockwellautomation	rslogix_5000	`18`
rockwellautomation	rslogix_5000	`19`
rockwellautomation	rslogix_5000	`20`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.