SCALANCE LPE9403 (<V4.0 HF0) Profinet Packet Validation Failure Crash
CVE-2025-40576 Published on May 13, 2025
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.
Weakness Type
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-40576
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Affected Versions
Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403:- Before V4.0 HF0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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