CVE-2020-27009

HIGH

8.1

CVSS Score

Published: April 22, 2021 at 08:42 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC

8 products affected across 1 vendorNucleus NETAPOGEE PXC CompactNucleus Source Code

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Severity

HIGH8.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 7%

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions < V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions < V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions < V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5). The DNS domain name record decompression functionality does not properly validate the pointer offset values. 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.