CVE-2017-12741 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various Siemens industrial products. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this condition by sending specially crafted packets to UDP port 161, requiring manual device restart for recovery. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a recognized risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.03.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-400pn_v6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-400h_v6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-400pn\/dp_v7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-410_v8_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.