CVE-2022-25161
Published: 18 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-25161 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Melsec Iq-Fx5Uc-32Mt\/Dds Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-29904
Vulnerability details
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U-xMy/z(x=32,64,80, y=T,R, z=ES,DS,ESS,DSS) with serial number 17X**** or later and versions prior to 1.270, Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U-xMy/z(x=32,64,80, y=T,R, z=ES,DS,ESS,DSS) with serial number 179**** and prior…
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and versions prior to 1.073, MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UC-xMy/z(x=32,64,96, y=T,R, z=D,DSS) with serial number 17X**** or later and versions prior to 1.270, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UC-xMy/z(x=32,64,96, y=T,R, z=D,DSS) with serial number 179**** and prior and versions prior to 1.073, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UC-32MT/DS-TS versions prior to 1.270, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UC-32MT/DSS-TS versions prior to 1.270, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UC-32MR/DS-TS versions prior to 1.270, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UJ-xMy/z(x=24,40,60, y=T,R, z=ES,ESS) versions prior to 1.030, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UJ-xMy/ES-A(x=24,40,60, y=T,R) versions prior to 1.031 and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5S-xMy/z(x=30,40,60,80, y=T,R, z=ES,ESS) version 1.000 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition for the product's program execution or communication by sending specially crafted packets. System reset of the product is required for recovery.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.