Siemens S7-1500 Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2025-11840)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505081

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505081

File Name: tenable_ot_siemens_CVE-2025-11840.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11840

CWE: 125