CODESYS Control RTE type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in CODESYS Control RTE, Control RTE SL, Control Win, HMI, Remote Target Visu, Runtime Toolkit, Control for BeagleBone SL, Control for emPC-A, iMX6 SL, Control for IOT2000 SL, Control for Linux ARM SL, Control for Linux SL, Control for PFC100 SL, Control for PFC200 SL, Control for PLCnext SL, Control for Raspberry Pi SL, Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL and Virtual Control SL. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-41738. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CODESYS Control RTE, Control RTE SL, Control Win, HMI, Remote Target Visu, Runtime Toolkit, Control for BeagleBone SL, Control for emPC-A, iMX6 SL, Control for IOT2000 SL, Control for Linux ARM SL, Control for Linux SL, Control for PFC100 SL, Control for PFC200 SL, Control for PLCnext SL, Control for Raspberry Pi SL, Control for WAGO Touch Panels 600 SL and Virtual Control SL and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An unauthenticated remote attacker may cause the visualisation server of the CODESYS Control runtime system to access a resource with a pointer of wrong type, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

The advisory is available at certvde.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-41738 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-199975). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/01/2025 +229 days Advisory disclosed
12/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2025-100
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-41738 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-41738
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-333842
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/01/2025 14:34
Updated: 12/01/2025 15:10
Changes: 12/01/2025 14:34 (62), 12/01/2025 15:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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