Siemens SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-2024-57874)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 504590

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

arm64: ptrace: vulnerability due to an uninitialized variable in the tagged_addr_ctrl_set() function, leading to potential memory leakage from the kernel stack when a zero-length SETREGSET call is made, exposing up to 64 bits of memory.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 504590

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/18/2025

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-400_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500wg_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrh-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xch-300_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57874

CWE: 824

Detections

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