CVE-2023-27401

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-14 · updated 2026-10-24
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (All versions < V2201.0006). The affected applications contain an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted SPP files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-20308, ZDI-CAN-20345)

Affected products

Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation: before 2201.0006 — fixed in 2201.0006

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 2201.0006. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-847261.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-847261.pdf

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