Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-20611

High

Published: 01 December 2021

Published
01 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 63.0th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-20611 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Mitsubishi Melsec Iq-R R08 Cpu Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series R00/01/02CPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120SFCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R16/32/64MTCPU, MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V, MELSEC Q Series Q03UDECPU, MELSEC…

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Q Series Q04/06/10/13/20/26/50/100UDEHCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q12DCCPU-V, MELSEC Q Series Q24DHCCPU-V(G), MELSEC Q Series Q24/26DHCCPU-LS, MELSEC Q Series MR-MQ100, MELSEC Q Series Q172/173DCPU-S1, MELSEC Q Series Q172/173DSCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q170MCPU, MELSEC Q Series Q170MSCPU(-S1), MELSEC L Series L02/06/26CPU(-P), MELSEC L Series L26CPU-(P)BT and MELIPC Series MI5122-VW allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted packets. System reset is required for recovery.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mitsubishi
melsec iq-r r00 cpu firmware
≤ 24
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melsec iq-r r01 cpu firmware
≤ 24
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melsec iq-r r02 cpu firmware
≤ 24
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melsec iq-r r04 cpu firmware
≤ 57
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melsec iq-r r08 cpu firmware
all versions · ≤ 57
mitsubishi
melsec iq-r r120 cpu firmware
all versions · ≤ 57
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melsec iq-r r16 cpu firmware
all versions · ≤ 57
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melsec iq-r r32 cpu firmware
all versions · ≤ 57
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melsec iq-r r04 pcpu firmware
≤ 29
mitsubishi
melsec iq-r r08 pcpu firmware
≤ 29
+45 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References