Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-25673 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in Siemens Simatic S7-Plcsim

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
siemens
CWE-835

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V5.4 (All versions). An attacker with local access to the system could cause a Denial-of-Service condition in the application when it is used to open a specially crafted file. As a consequence, the application could enter an infinite loop, become unresponsive and must be restarted to restore the service.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Siemens
1