CVE-2019-12480 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the BACnet Protocol Stack up to version 0.8.6. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a segmentation fault caused by malformed DeviceCommunicationControl (DCC) messages within AtomicWriteFile, AtomicReadFile, or DeviceCommunicationControl services, leading to a crash of the bacserv daemon. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-47148) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bacnet_protocol_stack_project:bacnet_protocol_stack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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