Kernel crash via undisclosed out-of-bounds read
Published May 14, 2024 · Updated Jun 9, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Siemens industrial applications allows local users to crash the underlying Windows kernel and interrupt service. Siemens has not published the affected component or the untrusted input operation that reads beyond its valid boundary. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the documented consequence is a Blue Screen of Death, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Siemens industrial applications allows local users to crash the underlying Windows kernel and interrupt service. Siemens has not published the affected component or the untrusted input operation that reads beyond its valid boundary. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; the documented consequence is a Blue Screen of Death, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-46280
- Published
- May 14, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SINEC NMS
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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