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CVE-2021-25674 (GCVE-0-2021-25674)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-15 17:03 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:11
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V5.4 (All versions). An attacker with local access to the system could cause a Denial-of-Service condition in the application when it is used to open a specially crafted file. As a consequence, a NULL pointer deference condition could cause the application to terminate unexpectedly and must be restarted to restore the service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V5.4 Affected: All versions
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