CVE-2018-4843

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in 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 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC CP 343-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8FX PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317TF-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319F-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-2 PN V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 H V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.9), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.7), SIMATIC S7-410 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V8.1), SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SINUMERIK 828D (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), 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), Softnet PROFINET IO for PC-based Windows systems (All versions). Responding to a PROFINET DCP request with a specially crafted PROFINET DCP packet could cause a denial of service condition of the requesting system. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker located on the same Ethernet segment (OSI Layer 2) as the targeted device. A manual restart is required to recover the system.

Affected products

Siemens Simatic Cp 343-1 Firmware: all versions
Siemens Simatic Cp 443-1 Firmware: all versions
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0
Siemens Simatic S7-300 Firmware: all versions
Siemens Simatic S7-400 H V6 Firmware: all versions
Siemens Simatic S7-400 Pn/Dp V6 Firmware: before 6.0.7 — fixed in 6.0.7
Siemens Simatic S7-400 Pn/Dp V7 Firmware: all versions
Siemens Simatic S7-410 Firmware: before 8.1 — fixed in 8.1
Siemens Simatic Winac Rtx 2010 Firmware: all versions
Siemens Sinumerik 828D Firmware: all versions
Siemens Softnet Pn-Io Linux Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1.7.0; Siemens Simatic S7-400 Pn/Dp V6 Firmware 6.0.7; Siemens Simatic S7-410 Firmware 8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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