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CVE-2016-2846

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU devices before 4.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a "user program block" protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Siemens Simatic S7 Cpu 1200 Firmware: through 3.0.2

References

• http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-833048.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-833048.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-075-01
• http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-833048.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-833048.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-075-01

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