No exploitation reported

CVE-2017-6017

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2017-06-30
WeaknessCWE-400

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Description

A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon M340 PLC BMXNOC0401, BMXNOE0100, BMXNOE0110, BMXNOE0110H, BMXNOR0200H, BMXP341000, BMXP342000, BMXP3420102, BMXP3420102CL, BMXP342020, BMXP342020H, BMXP342030, BMXP3420302, BMXP3420302H, and BMXP342030H. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted set of packets to the PLC causing it to freeze, requiring the operator to physically press the reset button on the PLC in order to recover.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-06-3003:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Schneider-electric bmxnoc0401 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.8	= 2.8	no fix published	NVD

Schneider-electric bmxnoe0100 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.8	= 2.8	no fix published	NVD

Schneider-electric bmxnoe0110 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.8	= 2.8	no fix published	NVD

12 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-17-054-03 CISA5 known affected
Schneider Electric Modicon M340 PLC (Update A)
Quantum CPUs with firmware: prior to v3.52 · Premium CPUs: all versions · M580 CPUs with firmware: prior to v2.3 · +2 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-054-03 · 5 productsM340: https://www.schneider-electric.fr/fr/search/V2.9?filters=CAT_PRD_DOC_FIRMUPD
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-054-03 · 5 productsM580: https://www.schneider-electric.us/en/product-range/62098-modicon-m580-paccontroller/
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-054-03 · 5 productsQuantum: https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/OFS_3_50_2905/
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-054-03 · 5 productsSet up a firewall blocking all remote/external access to Port 502
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-054-03 · 5 productsFor more information Schneider Electric has released a security notification that can be found at: https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-048-02/

Advisories and patches

ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.07.8read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score4.8 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: 2017-06-30
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6017?

Is CVE-2017-6017 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-6017 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-6017?

CVE-2017-6017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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