Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2020 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2020-15783

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC TDC CPU555 (All versions), SINUMERIK 840D sl (All versions). Sending multiple specially crafted packets to the affected devices could cause a Denial-of-Service on port 102. A cold restart is required to recover the service.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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