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GHSA-PMF4-X4C5-385F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:27 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:27

Details

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 V6 and earlier CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 V7 CPU family (All versions). Specially crafted packets sent to port 80/tcp could cause the affected devices to go into defect mode. A cold restart is required to recover the system.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2016-9158 (GCVE-0-2016-9158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-17 03:34 – Updated: 2026-06-02 18:33

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-02 18:32 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

siemens icscert root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94820	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037434	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-05	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_se…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/s…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

6 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family	Affected: All versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)	Affected: All versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)	Affected: All versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)	Affected: All versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-400 V6 and earlier CPU family	Affected: All versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC S7-400 V7 CPU family	Affected: All versions

Date Public

2016-12-16 00:00

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