CVE-2018-4837
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-01-25
- Fixed in3.1
- WeaknessCWE-400
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability has been identified in TeleControl Server Basic < V3.1. An attacker with access to the TeleControl Server Basic's webserver (port 80/tcp or 443/tcp) could cause a Denial-of-Service condition on the web server. The remaining functionality of the TeleControl Server Basic is not affected by the Denial-of-Service condition.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-01-2514:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-4837?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-4837?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | < 3.1 | 3.1 | NVD |
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
Siemens TeleControl Server Basic
TeleControl Server Basic: versions prior to V3.1
Fix
- Update Siemens telecontrol server basic to 3.1
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-030-02 · 1 productSiemens recommends that users install the latest version of TeleControl Server Basic.
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-030-02 · 1 productFor more information on these vulnerabilities and more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-65145.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-030-02 · 1 productIf TeleControl Server Basic is operated in standalone mode, then users can close Port 8000/TCP on the Windows firewall to mitigate vulnerabilities CVE-2018-4835 and CVE-2018-4836.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-030-02 · 1 productIf TeleControl Server Basic is operated in redundancy mode, then users can use the Windows firewall to restrict access to Port 8000/TCP to the second TeleControl Server Basics' IP address to mitigate vulnerabilities CVE-2018-4835 and CVE-2018-4836.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-030-02 · 1 productUsers can use the Windows firewall to close Ports 80/TCP and 443/TCP to mitigate vulnerability CVE-2018-4837.
Advisories and patches
- www.siemens.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.7 %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
- 2018-01-25
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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