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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-4850

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 (incl.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.51%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 (incl. F) CPU hardware version 4.0 and below (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 (incl. F) CPU hardware version 5.0 (All firmware versions < V5.2), SIMATIC S7-400H CPU hardware version 4.5 and below (All versions). The affected CPUs improperly validate S7 communication packets which could cause a Denial-of-Service condition of the CPU. The CPU will remain in DEFECT mode until manual restart.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.51% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
siemens/simatic s7-400 firmware · siemens/simatic s7-400h firmware
Source
productcert@siemens.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.