Medium severity · published May 13, 2025
CVE-2024-28956
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially…
5.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IP
Intel(R) Processors ·
See references · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
In the news
VulnerabilityHigh
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP
View CSAF
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the firmware version V3.1.6 for the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP (incl. SIPLUS variant). Siemens is preparing fix versions and recommends specific countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available.
The following versions of Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP are affected:
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) vers:intdot/>=3.1.6 (CVE-2021-41617, CVE-2023-28531, CVE-2023-51384, CVE-2023-52927, CVE-2024-26783, CVE-2024-27056, CVE-2024-28956, CVE-2024-36903, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-42079, CVE-2024-46786, CVE-2024-47736, CVE-2024-47809, CVE-2024-49968, CVE-2024-49994, CVE-2024-49998, CVE-2024-50014, CVE-2024-50063, CVE-2024-50164, CVE-2024-50298, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53170, CVE-2024-54458, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2024-56703, CVE-2024-56719, CVE-2024-57917, CVE-2024-57924, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2024-57977, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2024-58020, CVE-2024-58056, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2024-58061, CVE-2024-58086, CVE-2025-21645, CVE-2025-21648, CVE-2025-21655, CVE-2025-21676, CVE-2025-21682, CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2025-21705, CVE-2025-21706, CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2025-21718, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2025-21758, CVE-2025-21760, CVE-2025-21764, CVE-2025-21765, CVE-2025-21780, CVE-2025-21795, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2025-21846, CVE-2025-21853, CVE-2...
Jul 28, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28956
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28956
intel.com
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01153.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/5
xenbits.xen.org
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-469.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00021.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
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