Vulnerability · Published Dec 1, 2021 · Assigned by Mitsubishi
CVE-2021-20609
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in MELSEC iQ-R Series R00CPU 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 3.3% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series R00/01/02CPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120SFCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R16/32/64MTCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V, MELSEC Q Series Q03UDECPU, MELSEC Q Series Q04/06/10/13/20/26/50/100UDEHCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q12DCCPU-V, MELSEC Q Series Q24DHCCPU-V(G), MELSEC Q Series Q24/26DHCCPU-LS, MELSEC Q Series MR-MQ100, MELSEC Q Series Q172/173DCPU-S1, MELSEC Q Series Q172/173DSCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q170MCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q170MSCPU(-S1), MELSEC L Series L02/06/26CPU(-P), MELSEC L Series L26CPU-(P)BT and MELIPC Series MI5122-VW allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted packets. System reset is required for recovery.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-019_en.pdf vendor-advisory
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU94434051/index.html government-resource
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-334-02 government-resource