CVE-2017-2680: siemens development/evaluation kits for profinet io: dk standard ethernet controller Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-2680 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in siemens development/evaluation kits for profinet io: dk standard ethernet controller. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 11-05-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Specially crafted PROFINET DCP broadcast packets could cause a denial of service condition of affected products on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2). Human interaction is required to recover the systems. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.15% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Siemens200 products
- development/evaluation kits for profinet io: dk standard ethernet controllerAll versions < V4.1.1 Patch04
- development/evaluation kits for profinet io: ek-ertec 200All versions < V4.2.1 Patch03
- development/evaluation kits for profinet io: ek-ertec 200pAll versions < V4.4.0 Patch01
- dk_standard_ethernet_controller< 4.1.1 | 4.1.1
- ek-ertec_200_pn_io_firmware< 4.2.1 | 4.2.1
1 vendor · 200 products · Showing 200 of 201. Use Open JSON for the complete list.
References
10 links- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-023-02X Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-284673.pdfX Refsource CONFIRMBroken Link