SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20596

NULL Pointer Dereference in MELSEC-F Series FX3U-ENET firmware version 1.14 and prior, FX3U-ENET-L firmware version 1.14 and prior and FX3U-ENET-P502 firmware version 1.14 and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in MELSEC-F Series FX3U-ENET firmware version 1.14 and prior, FX3U-ENET-L firmware version 1.14 and prior and FX3U-ENET-P502 firmware version 1.14 and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in communication by sending specially crafted packets. Control by MELSEC-F series PLC is not affected and system reset is required for recovery.

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
2.17% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
mitsubishielectric/fx3u-enet-l firmware · mitsubishielectric/fx3u-enet-p502 firmware · mitsubishielectric/fx3u-enet firmware
Source
Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp

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