CVE-2018-16556

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 13, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
30 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC S7-400 Pn /dp V7 FirmwareSIMATIC S7-400 FirmwareSIMATIC S7-400h V6 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-1 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-2 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-2 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-3 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-2 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-3 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416F-2 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 417-4 DP V7 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-2 PN V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 H V4.5 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 H V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.9), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-410 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V8.2.1), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 416-3 V7 (All versions), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 417-4 V7 (All versions). Specially crafted packets sent to port 102/tcp via Ethernet interface, via PROFIBUS, or via Multi Point Interfaces (MPI) could cause the affected devices to go into defect mode. Manual reboot is required to resume normal operation. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to be able to send specially crafted packets to port 102/tcp via Ethernet interface, via PROFIBUS or Multi Point Interfaces (MPI). No user interaction and no user privileges are required to exploit the security vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow causing a denial of service condition of the core functionality of the CPU, compromising the availability of the system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ v6.0
siemens-simatic-s7-400 (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-s7-400-pn-dp-v7 (same device)
v ≤ v4.5
siemens-simatic-s7-400h (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-s7-400h-v6 (same device)
v < 8.2.1
Affected range stops below 8.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-s7-410 (same device)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.5HIGHsiemens
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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