Resource exhaustion in Siemens Simatic S7-1200

CVE-2018-13815

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-1200 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-1500 (All Versions < V2.6). An attacker could exhaust the available connection pool of an affected device by opening a sufficient number of connections to the device. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to be able to send packets to port 102/tcp of the affected device. No user interaction and no user privileges are required to exploit the vulnerability. The vulnerability, if exploited, could cause a Denial-of-Service condition impacting the availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.

EPSS: 0.018 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13815?
CVE-2018-13815 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simatic S7-1200, classified under CWE-410. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-13815?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.