CVE-2022-33324

Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Ethernet port of MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-L Series and MELIPC Series

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 76th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.17.5High EPSS percentile76th1.7% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2022-12-23Updated 2024-11-21Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CSAF

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R00/01/02CPU Firmware versions "32" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU Firmware versions "65" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120SFCPU Firmware versions "29" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU Firmware versions "08" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V Firmware versions "17" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L04/08/16/32HCPU Firmware versions "05" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELIPC Series MI5122-VW Firmware versions "07" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition in Ethernet communication on the module by sending specially crafted packets. A system reset of the module 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.

EPSS76th

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 76th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 699 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2024-11-21Patch availablerecord updated
2022-12-23Publishedweakness classified

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS: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

CWE-404No name in the record

Sources

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