# CVE-2016-8374: Denial of service in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI

> An attacker can cause a denial of service on Schneider Electric Magelis HMI panels by triggering uncontrolled resource consumption in the web server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xjrm-79vq-7xrv

## What is CVE-2016-8374?

CVE-2016-8374 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI, published on 13 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI Magelis GTO Advanced Optimum Panels, all versions, Magelis GTU Universal Panel, all versions, Magelis STO5xx and STU Small panels, all versions, Magelis XBT GH Advanced Hand-held Panels, all versions, Magelis XBT GK Advanced Touchscreen Panels with Keyboard, all versions, Magelis XBT GT Advanced Touchscreen Panels, all versions, and Magelis XBT GTW Advanced Open Touchscreen Panels (Windows XPe). An attacker may be able to disrupt a targeted web server, resulting in a denial of service because of UNCONTROLLED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8374?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Schneider-Electric Magelis Gto Advanced Optimum Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Gtu Universal Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Sto5 Small Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Stu Small Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Xbt Gh Advanced Hand-Held Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Xbt Gk Advanced Touchscreen Panel With Keyboard Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Xbt Gt Advanced Touchscreen Panel Firmware, Schneider-Electric Magelis Xbt Gtw Advanced Open Touchscreen Panel Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8374?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8374 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI

- [CVE-2016-8367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8367/): Denial of service in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8374 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8374 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Schneider Electric Magelis HMI, published on 13 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric Magelis HMI. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8374/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8374/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8374
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8374
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8374

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