Uncaught exception in Siemens products - CVE-2018-11465
Published: December 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16512
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11465
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
SINUMERIK 808D
SINUMERIK 840D
SINUMERIK 828D
SINUMERIK 808D
SINUMERIK 840D
SINUMERIK 828D
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception. A local attacker can use ioctl calls to do out of bounds reads, arbitrary writes, or execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11465
Update SINUMERIK 828D to version 4.7 SP6 HF1.
Update SINUMERIK 840D to version 4.7 SP6 HF5 or 4.8 SP3.
Update SINUMERIK 840D to version 4.7 SP6 HF5 or 4.8 SP3.