# Uncontrolled resource consumption in Siemens Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet… and others

CVE record · `CVE-2019-10923`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2019-10923`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** siemens
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Siemens Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet Controller](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-development-evaluation-kits-for-profinet-io-dk-standard-ethernet-control.md) · [Siemens Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-development-evaluation-kits-for-profinet-io-ek-ertec-200.md) · [Siemens Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200P](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-development-evaluation-kits-for-profinet-io-ek-ertec-200p.md) · [Siemens SCALANCE X-200IRT family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-scalance-x-200irt-family-incl-siplus-net-variants.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC CP 1604](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-cp-1604.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC CP 1616](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-cp-1616.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200M (incl. SIPLUS variants)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200m-incl-siplus-variants.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200MP IM 155-5 PN HF](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200mp-im-155-5-pn-hf.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200MP IM 155-5 PN ST](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200mp-im-155-5-pn-st.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-3 PN HF](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200pro-im-154-3-pn-hf.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-4 PN HF](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200pro-im-154-4-pn-hf.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8 PN/DP CPU](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200pro-im-154-8-pn-dp-cpu.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8F PN/DP CPU](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200pro-im-154-8f-pn-dp-cpu.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8FX PN/DP CPU](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200pro-im-154-8fx-pn-dp-cpu.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200S IM 151-8 PN/DP CPU](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200s-im-151-8-pn-dp-cpu.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200S IM 151-8F PN/DP CPU](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200s-im-151-8f-pn-dp-cpu.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN HF](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200sp-im-155-6-pn-hf.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN ST](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200sp-im-155-6-pn-st.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN ST BA](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et-200sp-im-155-6-pn-st-ba.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 16DI, DC24V, 8xM12](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-et200ecopn-16di-dc24v-8xm12.md)
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: siemens) at 10 Oct 2019, 13:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Siemens. Product: Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet Controller.
  - affected: `All versions < V4.1.1 Patch 05`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200.
  - affected: `All versions < V4.5.0 Patch 01`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200P.
  - affected: `All versions < V4.5.0`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SCALANCE X-200IRT family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants).
  - affected: `All versions < V5.2.1`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC CP 1604.
  - affected: `All versions < V2.8`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC CP 1616.
  - affected: `All versions < V2.8`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200M (incl. SIPLUS variants).
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200MP IM 155-5 PN HF.
  - affected: `before V4.2.0` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200MP IM 155-5 PN ST.
  - affected: `before V4.1.0` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-3 PN HF.
  - affected: `before *` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-4 PN HF.
  - affected: `before *` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8 PN/DP CPU.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8F PN/DP CPU.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200pro IM 154-8FX PN/DP CPU.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200S IM 151-8 PN/DP CPU.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200S IM 151-8F PN/DP CPU.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN HF.
  - affected: `before V4.2.0` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN ST.
  - affected: `before V4.1.0` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET 200SP IM 155-6 PN ST BA.
  - affected: `before V4.1.0` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 16DI, DC24V, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 16DO DC24V/1,3A, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 4AO U/I 4xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8 DIO, DC24V/1,3A, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8 DO, DC24V/2A, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8AI RTD/TC 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8AI; 4 U/I; 4 RTD/TC 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8DI, DC24V, 4xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8DI, DC24V, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8DO, DC24V/0,5A, 4xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8DO, DC24V/1,3A, 4xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN, 8DO, DC24V/1,3A, 8xM12.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200ecoPN: IO-Link Master.
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC ET200S (incl. SIPLUS variants).
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC PN/PN Coupler (incl. SIPLUS NET variants).
  - affected: `All versions`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315T-3 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP.
  - affected: `All versions < V3.2.17`
  - Other versions: unknown

And 50 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10923>

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (siemens)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.014, the 72nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Oct 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2019-10923](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10923)
- [NVD: CVE-2019-10923](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10923)

### References from the CNA

- <https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-349422.pdf>
- <https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-349422.html>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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