SB2025040420 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy RTU500 CMU Series

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11499)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote local to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in RTU500 IEC 60870-4-104 controlled station functionality. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Insufficient Resource Pool (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12169)

CWE-ID: CWE-410 - Insufficient Resource Pool

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient resource pool in RTU500 IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station functionality and IEC 61850 functionality. A remote user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

3) Missing Synchronization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1445)

CWE-ID: CWE-820 - Missing Synchronization

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to missing synchronization in RTU IEC 61850 client and server functionality. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000207&languageCode=en&Preview=true
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-093-01