Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2020 · Assigned by jpcert

CVE-2020-5666

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in MELSEC iQ-R Series CPU Modules from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 8.8% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)8.8%top 4.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series CPU Modules (R00/01/02CPU Firmware versions from '05' to '19' and R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU Firmware versions from '35' to '51') allows a remote attacker to cause an error in a CPU unit via a specially crafted HTTP packet, which may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in execution of the program and its communication.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series CPU Modules R00/01/02CPU Firmware versions from '05' to '19' and R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU Firmware versions from '35' to '51'

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