CVE-2012-1802
Buffer overflow in the embedded web server on the Siemens Scalance X Industrial Ethernet switch X414-3E before 3.7.1, X308-2M before 3.7.2, X-300EEC before 3.7.2, XR-300 before 3.7.2, and X-300 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the embedded web server on the Siemens Scalance X Industrial Ethernet switch X414-3E before 3.7.1, X308-2M before 3.7.2, X-300EEC before 3.7.2, XR-300 before 3.7.2, and X-300 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.05% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- siemens/scalance x414-3e firmware · siemens/scalance x414-3e · siemens/scalance x308-2m firmware · siemens/scalance x308-2m · siemens/scalance x-300eec firmware · siemens/scalance x-300eec · siemens/scalance xr-300 firmware · siemens/scalance xr-300 · siemens/scalance x-300 firmware · siemens/scalance x-300
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 6.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/81032
- http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-130874.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-102-04.pdfUS Government Resource
- http://osvdb.org/81032
- http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-130874.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-102-04.pdfUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.