CVE-2022-24946
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 75th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Improper Resource Locking vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V firmware versions "16" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q03UDECPU the first 5 digits of serial No. "24061" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q04/06/10/13/20/26/50/100UDEHCPU the first 5 digits of serial No. "24061" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU the first 5 digits of serial number "24051" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU the first 5 digits of serial number "24051" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q12DCCPU-V all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q24DHCCPU-V(G) all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Q24/26DHCCPU-LS all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-L series L02/06/26CPU(-P) the first 5 digits of serial number "24051" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-L series L26CPU-(P)BT the first 5 digits of serial number "24051" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELIPC Series MI5122-VW firmware versions "05" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in Ethernet communications by sending specially crafted packets. A system reset of the products is required for recovery.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
1.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 75th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1448 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationmedium confidence
Sources
References in the record
- mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2022-007_en.pdf
- jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU90895626/index.html
- cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-172-01
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