Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-37992

Siemens Simatic Rf360R Firmware ≤ 2.2

Published
10 September 2024
Modified
18 September 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 5.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0041 34th percentile
Risk Priority 26 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-37992 is a medium-severity Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CWE-703) vulnerability in Siemens Simatic Rf360R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 34th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-24 (Fail in Known State) and SI-17 (Fail-safe Procedures) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Reader RF610R CMIIT (6GT2811-6BC10-2AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF610R ETSI (6GT2811-6BC10-0AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF610R FCC (6GT2811-6BC10-1AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF615R CMIIT (6GT2811-6CC10-2AA0) (All versions…

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< V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF615R ETSI (6GT2811-6CC10-0AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF615R FCC (6GT2811-6CC10-1AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF650R ARIB (6GT2811-6AB20-4AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF650R CMIIT (6GT2811-6AB20-2AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF650R ETSI (6GT2811-6AB20-0AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF650R FCC (6GT2811-6AB20-1AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF680R ARIB (6GT2811-6AA10-4AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF680R CMIIT (6GT2811-6AA10-2AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF680R ETSI (6GT2811-6AA10-0AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF680R FCC (6GT2811-6AA10-1AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF685R ARIB (6GT2811-6CA10-4AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF685R CMIIT (6GT2811-6CA10-2AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF685R ETSI (6GT2811-6CA10-0AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC Reader RF685R FCC (6GT2811-6CA10-1AA0) (All versions < V4.2), SIMATIC RF1140R (6GT2831-6CB00) (All versions < V1.1), SIMATIC RF1170R (6GT2831-6BB00) (All versions < V1.1), SIMATIC RF166C (6GT2002-0EE20) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF185C (6GT2002-0JE10) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF186C (6GT2002-0JE20) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF186CI (6GT2002-0JE50) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF188C (6GT2002-0JE40) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF188CI (6GT2002-0JE60) (All versions < V2.2), SIMATIC RF360R (6GT2801-5BA30) (All versions < V2.2). The affected devices does not properly handle the error in case of exceeding characters while setting SNMP leading to the restart of the application.

CWE(s)
CWE-703NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
attack.mitre.org →
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
attack.mitre.org →
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-37995Same product: Siemens Simatic Reader Rf610R Cmiit
CVE-2024-37993Same product: Siemens Simatic Reader Rf610R Cmiit
CVE-2024-37991Same product: Siemens Simatic Reader Rf610R Cmiit
CVE-2024-37994Same product: Siemens Simatic Reader Rf610R Cmiit
CVE-2024-37990Same product: Siemens Simatic Reader Rf610R Cmiit
CVE-2023-24482Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2024-22039Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2025-40795Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2026-23719Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2024-33577Same vendor: Siemens

Affected Assets

siemens
simatic rf360r firmware
≤ 2.2
siemens
simatic rf1170r firmware
≤ 1.1
siemens
simatic rf1140r firmware
≤ 1.1
siemens
simatic reader rf685r fcc firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf685r etsi firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf685r cmiit firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf685r arib firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf680r fcc firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf680r etsi firmware
≤ 4.2
siemens
simatic reader rf680r cmiit firmware
≤ 4.2
+17 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-24 Fail in Known State good match

Enforces failure to a known state while preserving required properties, limiting impact of unhandled exceptions.

SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures good match

Mandates explicit fail-safe procedures triggered by indicated failures, structurally preventing unhandled exceptional conditions.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Requires application of security engineering principles that include robust exception and error handling during design.

SI-11 Error Handling partial match

Requires generation of safe, actionable error messages that directly addresses proper handling of exceptional conditions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices explicitly require anticipating and correctly handling exceptional conditions during design and coding.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.6.8 Information security event reporting none match
none

Reporting of unhandled errors or exceptional conditions surfaces latent failure paths so they can be corrected before exploitation.

References