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Status published
High
CVE-2019-5637
Beckhoff TwinCAT Profinet Driver Divide-by-Zero Denial of Service
Vulnerability Description
When Beckhoff TwinCAT is configured to use the Profinet driver, a denial of service of the controller could be reached by sending a malformed UDP packet to the device. This issue affects TwinCAT 2 version 2304 (and prior) and TwinCAT 3.1 version 4204.0 (and prior).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- This issue was discovered, and reported to Rapid7, by Andreas Galauner at Rapid7. It is being disclosed in accordance with Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure policy (https://www.rapid7.com/disclosure/).
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Affected Vendor
Beckhoff
View all reports →Affected Software
TwinCAT 2, TwinCAT 3.1
Vulnerable Versions:
2304, 4204.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 21st, 2019
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H