Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2025-38198)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(505288);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/24");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-38198");

  script_name(english:"Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2025-38198)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console It looks
like attempting to write to the store_modes sysfs node will run
afoul of unregistered consoles: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122:28 index -1 is out of range for
type 'fb_info *[32]' ... fbcon_info_from_console+0x192/0x1a0
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122 fbcon_new_modelist+0xbf/0x2d0
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3048 fb_new_modelist+0x328/0x440
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:673 store_modes+0x1c9/0x3e0
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c:113 dev_attr_store+0x55/0x80
drivers/base/core.c:2439 static struct fb_info
*fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX]; ... static signed char
con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; ... static struct fb_info
*fbcon_info_from_console(int console) ... return
fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]]; If con2fb_map contains a -1
things go wrong here. Instead, return NULL, as callers of
fbcon_info_from_console() are trying to compare against existing
info pointers, so error handling should kick in correctly

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-38198");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(129);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/03/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Siemens");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Siemens');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Siemens');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5" :
        {"versionStartIncluding" : "3.1.5", "family" : "S71500", "orderNumbers" : ['6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0', '6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0', '6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0', '6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0']},
    "cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware" :
        {"family" : "S71500", "orderNumbers" : ['6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0']}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);