CVE-2012-2598: siemens wincc

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2598 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in siemens wincc. EPSS estimates a 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-06-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the DiagAgent web server in Siemens WinCC 7.0 SP3 through Update 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent outage) via crafted input.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.