What is CVE-2016-2846?

CVE-2016-2846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simatic S7 1200 CPU, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-2846?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Siemens Simatic S7 1200 CPU

CVE-2016-2846

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU devices before 4.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a "user program block" protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2846?: CVE-2016-2846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simatic S7 1200 CPU, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-2846?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.