CVE-2020-12521

medium

Description

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS a specially crafted LLDP packet may lead to a high system load in the PROFINET stack. An attacker can cause failure of system services or a complete reboot.

References

https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H