CVE-2013-2780 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs (versions 2.x and 3.x). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted packets to UDP port 161, leading to a defect-mode transition and control outage. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the affected device. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for disruption to critical industrial control systems remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1211c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1212c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1212fc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1214_fc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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