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CVE-2017-2681: siemens development/evaluation kits for profinet io: dk standard ethernet controller Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.1v4.0HighModified
Published 11-05-2017Last modified 10-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-2681 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 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.91% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Siemens175 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 · 175 products

References

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