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high 7.8

CVE-2021-27398 json

A vulnerability has been identified in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (All versions < V16.0.5).

published 2021-05-12 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-14153

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (All versions < V16.0.5). The PlantSimCore.dll library lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing SPP files. This could result in a stack based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-27396. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-13290)

Patch / fix

  • siemens tecnomatix_plant_simulation 16.0.5

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-21-131-08 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

  • Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation <V16.0.5
    affected: fixed in V16.0.5, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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