SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20591

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules (R00/01/02CPU all versions, R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU all versions, R08/16/32/120SFCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules (R00/01/02CPU all versions, R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU all versions, R08/16/32/120SFCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PCPU all versions, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU all versions) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate clients from connecting to the MELSOFT transmission port (TCP/IP) by not closing a connection properly, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.50% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
mitsubishielectric/r00cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r01cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r02cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r04cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r08cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120cpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r08sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120sfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r08pcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16pcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32pcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120pcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r08psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r16psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r32psfcpu firmware · mitsubishielectric/r120psfcpu firmware
Source
Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.