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CVE-2012-3016

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-400 PN CPU devices with firmware 6 before 6.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (defect-mode transition and service outage) via crafted ICMP packets.

Affected products

• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu 412-2 Pn: all versions
• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu 414-3 Pn/Dp: all versions
• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu 414F-3 Pn/Dp: all versions
• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu 416-3 Pn/Dp: all versions
• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu 416F-3 Pn/Dp: all versions
• Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu Firmware: 6.0.1, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-589272.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-212-02.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-589272.pdf
• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-589272.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-212-02.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-589272.pdf

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