7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.8%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition in the module’s ethernet communication.
Mitsubishi Electric reports this vulnerability affects the following MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-L series CPU module, and MELIPC series:
A denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper resource shutdown or release exists in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-L series CPU module, and MELIPC series. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition in the module’s ethernet communication by sending specially crafted packets.
CVE-2022-33324 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Mitsubishi Electric reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Mitsubishi Electric fixed the following products:
Mitsubishi Electric offers the following countermeasures for users:
Mitsubishi Electric recommends users take mitigation measures to minimize the risk of exploiting this vulnerability:
For specific update instructions and additional details, see Mitsubishi Electric advisory 2022-018.
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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