ICSA-23-166-10: Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS

CISA's summary

Summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS of the SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP before V1.3.0. Siemens has released a new version for SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS and recommends to update to the latest version.

Products, as the advisory lists them

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Vulnerabilities in this advisory

• CVE-2016-10228 — CVE-2016-10228 · CWE-20

  The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

• CVE-2019-25013 — CVE-2019-25013 · CWE-125

  The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.

• CVE-2020-1752 — CVE-2020-1752 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability introduced in glibc upstream version 2.14 was found in the way the tilde expansion was carried out. Directory paths containing an initial tilde followed by a valid username were affected by this issue. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, would potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. This was fixed in version 2.32.

• CVE-2020-10029 — CVE-2020-10029 · CWE-787

  The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern, a seen when passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c.

• CVE-2020-27618 — CVE-2020-27618 · CWE-835

  The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.

• CVE-2020-29562 — CVE-2020-29562 · CWE-617

  The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

• CVE-2021-3326 — CVE-2021-3326 · CWE-617

  The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid input sequences in the ISO-2022-JP-3 encoding, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

• CVE-2021-3998 — CVE-2021-3998 · CWE-125

  A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

• CVE-2021-3999 — CVE-2021-3999 · CWE-193

  A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2021-20269 — CVE-2021-20269 · CWE-276

  A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

• CVE-2021-27645 — CVE-2021-27645 · CWE-415

  The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.

• CVE-2021-28831 — CVE-2021-28831 · CWE-755

  decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.

• CVE-2021-33574 — CVE-2021-33574 · CWE-416

  The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.

• CVE-2021-35942 — CVE-2021-35942 · CWE-190

  The wordexp function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 may crash or read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c) when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern, potentially resulting in a denial of service or disclosure of information. This occurs because atoi was used but strtoul should have been used to ensure correct calculations.

• CVE-2021-38604 — CVE-2021-38604 · CWE-476

  In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

• CVE-2021-42373 — CVE-2021-42373 · CWE-476

  A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given.

• CVE-2021-42374 — CVE-2021-42374 · CWE-125

  An out-of-bounds heap read in Busybox's unlzma applet leads to information leak and denial of service when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed. This can be triggered by any applet/format that internally supports LZMA compression.

• CVE-2021-42375 — CVE-2021-42375 · CWE-20

  An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.

• CVE-2021-42376 — CVE-2021-42376 · CWE-476

  A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to missing validation after a \x03 delimiter character. This may be used for DoS under very rare conditions of filtered command input.

• CVE-2021-42377 — CVE-2021-42377 · CWE-763

  An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mishandling the &&& string. This may be used for remote code execution under rare conditions of filtered command input.

• CVE-2021-42378 — CVE-2021-42378 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the getvar_i function.

• CVE-2021-42379 — CVE-2021-42379 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the next_input_file function.

• CVE-2021-42380 — CVE-2021-42380 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the clrvar function.

• CVE-2021-42381 — CVE-2021-42381 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the hash_init function.

• CVE-2021-42382 — CVE-2021-42382 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the getvar_s function.

• CVE-2021-42383 — CVE-2021-42383 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function.

• CVE-2021-42384 — CVE-2021-42384 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the handle_special function.

• CVE-2021-42385 — CVE-2021-42385 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function.

• CVE-2021-42386 — CVE-2021-42386 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in awk leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the nvalloc function.

• CVE-2021-44879 — CVE-2021-44879 · CWE-476

  In gc_data_segment in fs/f2fs/gc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, special files are not considered, leading to a move_data_page NULL pointer dereference.

• CVE-2022-1015 — CVE-2022-1015 · CWE-787

  A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in linux/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c of the netfilter subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to cause an out-of-bounds write issue.

• CVE-2022-1882 — CVE-2022-1882 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s pipes functionality in how a user performs manipulations with the pipe post_one_notification() after free_pipe_info() that is already called. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2022-2585 — CVE-2022-2585 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s POSIX CPU timers functionality in the way a user creates and then deletes the timer in the non-leader thread of the program. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2022-2588 — CVE-2022-2588 · CWE-20

  Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

• CVE-2022-2905 — CVE-2022-2905 · CWE-125

  An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem in how a user calls the bpf_tail_call function with a key larger than the max_entries of the map. This flaw allows a local user to gain unauthorized access to data.

• CVE-2022-3028 — CVE-2022-3028 · CWE-362

  A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) when multiple calls to xfrm_probe_algs occurred simultaneously. This flaw could allow a local attacker to potentially trigger an out-of-bounds write or leak kernel heap memory by performing an out-of-bounds read and copying it into a socket.

• CVE-2022-3435 — CVE-2022-3435 · CWE-119

  A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel. This affects the function fib_nh_match of the file net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c of the component IPv4 Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-210357 was assigned to this vulnerability.

• CVE-2022-3586 — CVE-2022-3586 · CWE-416

  A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s networking code. A use-after-free was found in the way the sch_sfb enqueue function used the socket buffer (SKB) cb field after the same SKB had been enqueued (and freed) into a child qdisc. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to crash the system, causing a denial of service.

• CVE-2022-4378 — CVE-2022-4378 · CWE-787

  A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SYSCTL subsystem in how a user changes certain kernel parameters and variables. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2022-4662 — CVE-2022-4662 · CWE-455

  A flaw incorrect access control in the Linux kernel USB core subsystem was found in the way user attaches usb device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

• CVE-2022-20421 — CVE-2022-20421 · CWE-416

  In binder_inc_ref_for_node of binder.c, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-239630375References: Upstream kernel

• CVE-2022-20422 — CVE-2022-20422 · CWE-362

  In emulation_proc_handler of armv8_deprecated.c, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-237540956References: Upstream kernel

• CVE-2022-21233 — CVE-2022-21233 · CWE-311

  Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

• CVE-2022-23218 — CVE-2022-23218 · CWE-120

  The deprecated compatibility function svcunix_create in the sunrpc module of the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34 copies its path argument on the stack without validating its length, which may result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial of service or (if an application is not built with a stack protector enabled) arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2022-23219 — CVE-2022-23219 · CWE-120

  The deprecated compatibility function clnt_create in the sunrpc module of the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34 copies its hostname argument on the stack without validating its length, which may result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial of service or (if an application is not built with a stack protector enabled) arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2022-28391 — CVE-2022-28391 · CWE-311

  BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

• CVE-2022-30065 — CVE-2022-30065 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free in Busybox 1.35-x's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the copyvar function.

• CVE-2022-39188 — CVE-2022-39188 · CWE-362

  An issue was discovered in include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel before 5.19. Because of a race condition (unmap_mapping_range versus munmap), a device driver can free a page while it still has stale TLB entries. This only occurs in situations with VM_PFNMAP VMAs.

• CVE-2022-39190 — CVE-2022-39190 · CWE-400

  An issue was discovered in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.6. A denial of service can occur upon binding to an already bound chain.

• CVE-2022-40307 — CVE-2022-40307 · CWE-416

  An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a race condition with a resultant use-after-free.

• CVE-2022-41222 — CVE-2022-41222 · CWE-416

  mm/mremap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 has a use-after-free via a stale TLB because an rmap lock is not held during a PUD move.

• CVE-2022-42703 — CVE-2022-42703 · CWE-416

  mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.

• CVE-2023-0179 — CVE-2023-0179 · CWE-190

  A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2023-0394 — CVE-2023-0394 · CWE-311

  A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in rawv6_push_pending_frames in net/ipv6/raw.c in the network subcomponent in the Linux kernel. This flaw causes the system to crash.

• CVE-2023-1073 — CVE-2023-1073 · CWE-787

  A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2023-2898 — CVE-2023-2898 · CWE-476

  There is a null-pointer-dereference flaw found in f2fs_write_end_io in fs/f2fs/data.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local privileged user to cause a denial of service problem.

• CVE-2023-3390 — CVE-2023-3390 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. We recommend upgrading past commit 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97.

• CVE-2023-3610 — CVE-2023-3610 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-after-free in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to be triggered.

• CVE-2023-3611 — CVE-2023-3611 · CWE-787

  An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c allows an out-of-bounds write because lmax is updated according to packet sizes without bounds checks.

• CVE-2023-3776 — CVE-2023-3776 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If tcf_change_indev() fails, fw_set_parms() will immediately return an error after incrementing or decrementing the reference counter in tcf_bind_filter(). If an attacker can control the reference counter and set it to zero, they can cause the reference to be freed, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.

• CVE-2023-4004 — CVE-2023-4004 · CWE-20

  A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter in the way a user triggers the nft_pipapo_remove function with the element, without a NFT_SET_EXT_KEY_END. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2023-4015 — CVE-2023-4015 · CWE-20

  The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle bound chain deactivation in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

• CVE-2023-4128 — CVE-2023-4128 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability in net/sched/cls_fw.c in classifiers (cls_fw, cls_u32, and cls_route) in the Linux Kernel allows a local attacker to perform a local privilege escalation due to incorrect handling of the existing filter, leading to a kernel information leak.

• CVE-2023-4147 — CVE-2023-4147 · CWE-416

  A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Netfilter functionality when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system.

• CVE-2023-4273 — CVE-2023-4273 · CWE-121

  This vulnerability exists in the implementation of the file name reconstruction function, which is responsible for reading file name entries from a directory index and merging file name parts belonging to one file into a single long file name. Since the file name characters are copied into a stack variable, a local privileged attacker could use this vulnerability to overflow the kernel stack.

• CVE-2023-4527 — CVE-2023-4527 · CWE-125

  A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AF_UNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data, and may cause a crash.

• CVE-2023-4806 — CVE-2023-4806 · CWE-416

  A flaw was found in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the _nss_*_gethostbyname2_r and _nss_*_getcanonname_r hooks without implementing the _nss_*_gethostbyname3_r hook. The resolved name should return a large number of IPv6 and IPv4, and the call to the getaddrinfo function should have the AF_INET6 address family with AI_CANONNAME, AI_ALL and AI_V4MAPPED as flags.

• CVE-2023-4911 — CVE-2023-4911 · CWE-121

  A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

• CVE-2023-5156 — CVE-2023-5156 · CWE-401

  A flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.

• CVE-2023-31248 — CVE-2023-31248 · CWE-416

  Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability; `nft_chain_lookup_byid()` failed to check whether a chain was active and CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace

• CVE-2023-35001 — CVE-2023-35001 · CWE-787

  Linux Kernel nftables Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write Vulnerability; nft_byteorder poorly handled vm register contents when CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace

• CVE-2023-45863 — CVE-2023-45863 · CWE-787

  An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write.

Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them

• Siemens ProductCERT: reporting these vulnerabilities to CISA.

The advisory's legal notice

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Sources

• The advisory at cisa.gov
• The CSAF document (JSON)

DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.