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Full vulnerability report · 2021
CVE-2020-8703High confidence

n/a Intel(R) CSME versions — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

n/a · Intel(R) CSME versions

6.7MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
SSA-309571 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 11 · finalSiemens ProductCERTSSA-309571: IPU 2021.1 Vulnerabilities in Siemens Industrial Products using Intel CPUs (June 2021)
19 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • SIMATIC Field PG M5
  • SIMATIC Field PG M6
  • SIMATIC IPC3000 SMART V3
  • SIMATIC IPC347G
  • SIMATIC IPC427E
  • SIMATIC IPC477E
  • SIMATIC IPC477E Pro
  • SIMATIC IPC527G
  • SIMATIC IPC547G
  • SIMATIC IPC627E
  • SIMATIC IPC647E
  • SIMATIC IPC677E
Summary
Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Remediation
Update BIOS to V22.01.10 or later version
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2020-29551

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

What

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Why

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Why

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
High: elevated access is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-119 ↗

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRHighPrivileges required: The attacker needs elevated or administrative privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-119
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-124Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens

ord?id=CVE-2020-26140 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26141 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26141 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26143 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26143 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26144 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26144 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26145 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26145 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26146 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26146 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26147 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26147 Référence CVE CVE-2020-28400 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28400 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8670 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8670 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8703 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8703 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8704 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20093 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20093 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20094 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20094 Référence CVE CVE-2021-3449 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3449 Référence CVE CVE-2021-3712 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3712 Référence CVE CVE-2021-37185 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37185 Référence CVE CVE-2021-37186 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37186 Référence CVE CVE-2021-37194 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-202

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-608Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens

ord?id=CVE-2020-12360 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24486 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24506 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24506 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24507 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24507 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24511 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24511 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24512 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24513 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24513 Référence CVE CVE-2020-28397 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28397 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8670 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8670 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8703 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8703 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8704 Référence CVE CVE-2020-9272 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9272 Référence CVE CVE-2020-9273 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9273 Référence CVE CVE-2021-25659 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25659 Référence CVE CVE-2021-32936 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32936 Référence CVE CVE-2021-32938 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32938 Référence CVE CVE-2021-32940 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32940 Référence CVE CVE-2021-32944 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-202

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-446Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Intel

ERecord?id=CVE-2020-24513 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24514 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24514 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24515 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24515 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24516 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26555 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26555 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26558 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26558 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8670 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8670 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8700 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8700 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8702 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8702 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8703 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8703 Référence CVE CVE-2020-8704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8704 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0001 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0001 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0051 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0051 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0052 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0052 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0054 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0054 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0055 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0055 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0056 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0056 Référence CVE CVE-2021-0057 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0057 Ré

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
SIMATIC Field PG M5; SIMATIC Field PG M6; SIMATIC IPC3000 SMART V3; SIMATIC IPC347G; SIMATIC IPC427E; SIMATIC IPC477E; SIMATIC IPC477E Pro; SIMATIC IPC527G; SIMATIC IPC547G; SIMATIC IPC627E; SIMATIC IPC647E; SIMATIC IPC677E; SIMATIC IPC847E; SIMATIC ITP1000; SINUMERIK 828D HW PU.4; SINUMERIK MC MCU 1720; SINUMERIK ONE / SINUMERIK 840D sl Handheld Terminal HT 10; SINUMERIK ONE NCU 1740; SINUMERIK ONE PPU 1740
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
Update BIOS to V22.01.10 or later version
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 9 Jun 2021 · Last source change 4 Aug 2024, 10:03 UTC · CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-29551
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-29551↗Vendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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