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CVE-2020-15783 json

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7766

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-315-04 updated cvss 5.9

Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPUs and SINUMERIK Controller (Update A)

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) Siemens SIMATIC TDC CPU555 Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl
    affected: mitigation, no fix planned

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)
  • Siemens SIMATIC TDC CPU555
  • Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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