Input validation error in Mitsubishi Electric products - CVE-2016-8368

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Input validation error in Mitsubishi Electric products - CVE-2016-8368

Published: May 21, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18548
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8368
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the PLC via port 5002/TCP and cause a denial of service, requiring the PLC to be reset to resume operation.


Affected software

MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-B2
MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-B5
MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-100

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8368

Install update from vendor's website.

MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-100 - update to 18072

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