Risk | Medium |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-5527 |
CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
MELSEC iQ-R series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc MELSEC iQ-F series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc MELSEC Q series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc MELSEC L series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc MELSEC F series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
Vendor | Mitsubishi Electric |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU26602
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5527
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management. A remote attacker can send large amounts of data to the MELSOFT transmission port, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsMELSEC iQ-R series: All versions
MELSEC iQ-F series: All versions
MELSEC Q series: All versions
MELSEC L series: All versions
MELSEC F series: All versions
External linkshttp://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU91553662/index.html
http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2019-005_en.pdf
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.