Resource exhaustion in Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2 - CVE-2019-10972
Published: July 29, 2019 / Updated: July 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19524
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10972
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric
Affected software:
Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2
Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the CPU exhaustion when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file (.frc2). A remote attacker can trick a victim to open the rogue project, trigger CPU exhaustion and cause the software to quit responding until the application is restarted.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10972
Install updates from vendor's website.