CVE-2024-33698: siemens opcenter_quality Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-33698 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in siemens opcenter_quality. EPSS estimates a 1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-09-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Quality (All versions < V2406), Opcenter RDnL (All versions < V2410), SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo V4.1 (All versions < V4.1 Update 2), SIMATIC PCS neo V5.0 (All versions < V5.0 Update 1), SINEC NMS (All versions), SINEMA Remote Connect Client (All versions < V3.2 SP3), Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions), Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V17 (All versions < V17 Update 8), Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V18 (All versions < V18 Update 5), Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V19 (All versions < V19 Update 3). Affected products contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the integrated UMC component. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().