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CVE-2012-2598

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2598 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the DiagAgent web server within Siemens WinCC versions 7.0 SP3 through Update 2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted input, causing the agent to crash. While the attack complexity is medium and its impact is limited to availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:update_1:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:update_2:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

siemens.com / corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-223158.pdf
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-158-01.pdf
US Government Resource