{"id":"CVE-2020-15795","aliases":["EUVD-2020-7778","GHSA-cw98-4v34-2rc8"],"status":"published","title":"A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus RTOS (versions...","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.06366,"percentile":0.93701,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"published":"2021-04-22T20:42:19Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:57:12Z","products":[{"vendor":"siemens","product":"apogee pxc compact (bacnet)"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"apogee pxc compact (p2 ethernet)"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"apogee pxc modular (bacnet)"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"apogee pxc modular (p2 ethernet)"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"nucleus net"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"nucleus source code"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"nucleus_net"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"nucleus_source_code"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"talon tc compact (bacnet)"},{"vendor":"siemens","product":"talon tc modular (bacnet)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-185699.pdf","tags":["x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-180579.pdf","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15795"},{"url":"https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-04"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw98-4v34-2rc8"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-15795","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2021-04-22T20:42:19Z","modified":"2024-08-04T13:30:21.684Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:50.228781Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-7778","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2021-04-22T20:42:19Z","modified":"2024-08-04T13:30:21Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:07:30.36726Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-cw98-4v34-2rc8","title":"A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus RTOS (versions...","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus RTOS (versions including affected DNS modules), Nucleus Source Code (versions including affected DNS modules), VSTAR (versions including affected DNS modules). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:48:18Z","modified":"2023-08-08T12:30:17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:43.567376Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-15795","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \u003c V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions \u003c V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions \u003c V3.5.5). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2021-04-22T21:15:09.09Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:57:12.337Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:39.25999Z"}]}}