Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-5743

Description

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3 Update 10 and 7.4 before Update 1, SIMATIC BATCH before 8.1 SP1 Update 9 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 through 8.1 SP1, SIMATIC OpenPCS 7 before 8.1 Update 3 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 through 8.1 SP1, SIMATIC OpenPCS 7 before 8.2 Update 1 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 8.2, and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional before 13 SP1 Update 9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Affected products

Siemens Foundation/Simatic Batch
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_batch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.1
Siemens Foundation/Simatic Openpcs 7
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_openpcs_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.1
Siemens Foundation/Simatic Wincc
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92112nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036441nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-378531.pdfnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-208-01nvd

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