Resource exhaustion in Siemens S7-1200 CPU 1211c

CVE-2019-13940

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8FX PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V4.1), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317TF-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319F-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010 (All versions), SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010 (All versions), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.X.17). Affected devices contain a vulnerability that could cause a denial of service condition of the web server by sending specially crafted HTTP requests to ports 80/tcp and 443/tcp. Beyond the web service, no other functions or interfaces are affected by the denial of service condition.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13940?
CVE-2019-13940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens S7-1200 CPU 1211c, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-13940?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.