What is CVE-2023-24978?

CVE-2023-24978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-24978?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

CVE-2023-24978

A vulnerability has been identified in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (All versions < V2201.0006). The affected application is vulnerable to uninitialized pointer access while parsing specially crafted SPP files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-19788)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation — versions All versions < V2201.0006
Siemens Tecnomatix_plant_simulation

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

productcert@siemens.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24978?: CVE-2023-24978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-24978?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.