CVE-2020-7584
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2...
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.
- Record
CVE-2020-7584- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.
- Record
CVE-2020-7584- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28709 No score
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28709- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpvj-7qfp-4qgg No score
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2...
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.
- Record
GHSA-vpvj-7qfp-4qgg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7584 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Siemens Ag Simatic S7-200 Smart Cpu Family, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.