CVE-2025-2520 json
Dereferencing of an uninitialized pointer leads to denial of service.
published 2025-07-10 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-21068
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Honeywell Experion PKS contains an Uninitialized Variable in the common Epic Platform Analyzer (EPA) communications. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a Communication Channel Manipulation, which results in a dereferencing of an uninitialized pointer leading to a denial of service.
Honeywell recommends updating to the most recent version of
Honeywell Experion PKS: 520.2 TCU9 HF1and 530.1 TCU3 HF1. The affected Experion PKS products are
C300 PCNT02, EHB, EHPM, ELMM, Classic ENIM, ETN, FIM4, FIM8, PGM, and RFIM. The Experion PKS versions affected are from 520.1 through 520.2 TCU9 and from 530 through 530 TCU3.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-25-205-03 updated cvss 7.5
Honeywell Experion PKS (Update A)
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Honeywell Experion PKS <R520.2_TCU9_Hot_Fix_1, <R530_TCU3_Hot_Fix_1affected: vendor fix process.honeywell.com
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 15 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Honeywell C300 PCNT02
- Honeywell EHB
- Honeywell EHPM
- Honeywell ELMM
- Honeywell Classic ENIM
- Honeywell ETN
- Honeywell FIM4
- Honeywell FIM8
- Honeywell PGM
- Honeywell RFIM
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-2520
- NVD CVE-2025-2520
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