CVE-2025-40577

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V4.0 HF0). Affected devices do not properly validate incoming Profinet packets. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted malicious packet, which leads to a crash of the dcpd process.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-327438.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:siemens:scalance_lpe9403:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Jul 2025, 11:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-13 10:15

Updated : 2025-07-08 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-40577

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40577

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40577

JSON object : View

Products Affected

siemens

scalance_lpe9403
scalance_lpe9403_firmware

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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