WAGO: Switches affected by year 2k38 problem
view advisory published 2025-06-02
The Year 2038 Problem affects systems using a 32-bit integer to represent time as the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970. On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, the time value will exceed the maximum for a 32-bit integer, causing an overflow and resetting it to a negative number.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-1235US | — | — | ||
A low privileged attacker can set the date of the devices to the 19th of January 2038 an therefore exceed the 32-Bit time limit. This causes the date of the switch to be set back t… | ||||
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remediations (1)
- No fix planned
Due to the low impact of the vulnerability and the fact that only the logging functionality is affected, there is no fix planned.
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