CVE-2018-16558

HIGH

SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU < 1.8.5 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Crafted Network Packets

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU (All versions >= V2.0 and < V2.5), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU (All versions <= V1.8.5). Specially crafted network packets sent to port 80/tcp or 443/tcp could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service condition of the device. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected systems on port 80/tcp or 443/tcp. Successful exploitation requires no system privileges and no user interaction. An attacker could use the vulnerability to compromise availability of the device. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0112
EPSS Percentile 78.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
siemens/simatic_s7-1500_firmware < 1.8.5
Published Apr 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026