Type Confusion in libIEC61850 - CVE-2022-2971
Published: September 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67143
CSH Severity: High
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-2022-2971
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
libIEC61850
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2971
Install updates from vendor's website.
libIEC61850 - update to 1.5.1