Resource exhaustion in Phoenix Contact Ilc 131
CVE-2018-25112
An unauthenticated remote attacker may use an uncontrolled resource consumption in the IEC 61131 program of the affected products by creating large amounts of network traffic that needs to be handled by the ILC. This results in a Denial-of-Service of the device.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Phoenix Contact Ilc 131 — versions vers:all/*
- Phoenix Contact Ilc 151 — versions vers:all/*
- Phoenix Contact Ilc 171 — versions vers:all/*
- Phoenix Contact Ilc 191 Eth — versions vers:all/*
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2018-012/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-25112?
- CVE-2018-25112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Ilc 131, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-06-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-25112?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.