Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-6970

Title: Emerson Openenterprise Scada Server RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-6970.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Feb 19, 2020

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.58%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-6970: A Heap-based Buffer Overflow was found in Emerson OpenEnterprise SCADA Server 2.83 (if Modbus or ROC Interfaces have been installed and are in use) and all versions of OpenEnterprise 3.1 through 3.3.3, where a specially crafted script could execute code on the OpenEnterprise Server.

Impacted Vendors

emerson 1

Reference Links

https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-049-02 https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-049-02

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-6970 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 19, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.