CVE-2023-38380

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2023 at 11:26 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:10 AM UTC
28 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC Cp 1243-1 FirmwareSIMATIC Cp 1242-7 V2 FirmwareSIMATIC Cp 1243-1 Iec Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 1242-7 V2 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V3.4.29), SIMATIC CP 1243-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V3.4.29), SIMATIC CP 1243-1 DNP3 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 1243-1 IEC (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V3.4.29), SIMATIC CP 1243-7 LTE (All versions < V3.4.29), SIMATIC CP 1243-8 IRC (6GK7243-8RX30-0XE0) (All versions < V3.4.29), SIMATIC CP 1542SP-1 (6GK7542-6UX00-0XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SIMATIC CP 1542SP-1 IRC (6GK7542-6VX00-0XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SIMATIC CP 1543-1 (6GK7543-1AX00-0XE0) (All versions < V3.0.37), SIMATIC CP 1543SP-1 (6GK7543-6WX00-0XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SINAMICS S210 (6SL5...) (All versions >= V6.1 < V6.1 HF2), SIPLUS ET 200SP CP 1542SP-1 IRC TX RAIL (6AG2542-6VX00-4XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SIPLUS ET 200SP CP 1543SP-1 ISEC (6AG1543-6WX00-7XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SIPLUS ET 200SP CP 1543SP-1 ISEC TX RAIL (6AG2543-6WX00-4XE0) (All versions < V2.3), SIPLUS NET CP 1543-1 (6AG1543-1AX00-2XE0) (All versions < V3.0.37). The webserver implementation of the affected products does not correctly release allocated memory after it has been used. An attacker with network access could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition in the webserver of the affected product.

Affected

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

All versions
siemens-6ag1543-1ax00-2xe0 (same device)
All versions
siemens-6gk7243-8rx30-0xe0 (same device)
All versions
siemens-6gk7543-1ax00-0xe0 (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-cp-1242-7-v2 (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-cp-1243-1-dnp3 (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-cp-1243-1 (same device)
All versions
siemens-simatic-cp-1243-1-iec (same device)
v < V3.4.29
Affected range stops below V3.4.29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.4.29
Affected range stops below V3.4.29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

7.5HIGHsiemens
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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