CVE-2016-5743: Siemens SIMATIC Batch

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 10.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3 Update 10 and 7.4 before Update 1, SIMATIC BATCH before 8.1 SP1 Update 9 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 through 8.1 SP1, SIMATIC OpenPCS 7 before 8.1 Update 3 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 through 8.1 SP1, SIMATIC OpenPCS 7 before 8.2 Update 1 as distributed in SIMATIC PCS 7 8.2, and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional before 13 SP1 Update 9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Affected products

• Siemens SIMATIC Batch: up to and including 7.1
• Siemens SIMATIC Openpcs 7: up to and including 8.1; up to and including 8.2
• Siemens SIMATIC Wincc: up to and including 7.3; up to and including 7.4

Published 2016-07-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.