Rj71En71 Firmware
CVE-2020-5668
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series modules (R00/01/02CPU firmware version '19' and earlier, R04/08/16/32/120 (EN) CPU firmware version '51' and earlier,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series modules (R00/01/02CPU firmware version '19' and earlier, R04/08/16/32/120 (EN) CPU firmware version '51' and earlier, R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware version '22' and earlier, R08/16/32/120PCPU firmware version '25' and earlier, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware version '06' and earlier, RJ71EN71 firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ71GF11-T2 firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ72GF15-T2 firmware version '07' and earlier, RJ71GP21-SX firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ71GP21S-SX firmware version '47' and earlier, and RJ71GN11-T2 firmware version '11' and earlier) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause an error in a CPU unit and cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in execution of the program and its communication, or to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in communication via the unit by receiving a specially crafted SLMP packet Affected products include: Mitsubishielectric R00Cpu Firmware, Mitsubishielectric R01Cpu Firmware, Mitsubishielectric R02Cpu Firmware, Mitsubishielectric R04Cpu Firmware, Mitsubishielectric R08Cpu Firmware.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series modules (R00/01/02CPU firmware version '19' and earlier, R04/08/16/32/120 (EN) CPU firmware version '51' and earlier, R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware version '22' and earlier, R08/16/32/120PCPU firmware version '25' and earlier, R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware version '06' and earlier, RJ71EN71 firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ71GF11-T2 firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ72GF15-T2 firmware version '07' and earlier, RJ71GP21-SX firmware version '47' and earlier, RJ71GP21S-SX firmware version '47' and earlier, and RJ71GN11-T2 firmware version '11' and earlier) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause an error in a CPU unit and cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in execution of the program and its communication, or to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in communication via the unit by receiving a specially crafted SLMP packet
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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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