VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-6017
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon M340 PLC BMXNOC0401, BMXNOE0100, BMXNOE0110, BMXNOE0110H, BMXNOR0200H, BMXP341000, BMXP342000, BMXP3420102, BMXP3420102CL, BMXP342020, BMXP342020H, BMXP342030, BMXP3420302, BMXP3420302H, and BMXP342030H. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted set of packets to the PLC causing it to freeze, requiring the operator to physically press the reset button on the PLC in order to recover.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108