CVE-2022-4986
DoS in Beldan Eaglesdv Firmware ≤ 05.4.02
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2022-4986 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) vulnerability in Beldan Eaglesdv Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 37th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SC-6 (Resource Availability) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2022-4986 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Hirschmann EagleSDV version 05.4.01 prior to 05.4.02. The flaw causes the device to crash during session establishment when TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 protocols are used, as these deprecated versions trigger an unhandled condition that disrupts normal operation. It is classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
The vulnerability can be exploited by any unauthenticated attacker with network access to the device. By simply initiating a TLS connection using TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1, the attacker triggers a device crash, rendering the EagleSDV unavailable and denying service to legitimate users until reboot or recovery.
Advisories recommend updating to Hirschmann EagleSDV version 05.4.02 to mitigate the issue. Key references include the Belden Security Bulletin BSECV-2022-08 (https://assets.belden.com/m/1c8fe5d916567af6/original/Belden_Security_Bulletin_BSECV-2022-08.pdf) and the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-eaglesdv-denial-of-service-via-tls).
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-55960
Vulnerability Data
Hirschmann EagleSDV version 05.4.01 prior to 05.4.02 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that causes the device to crash during session establishment when using TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1. Attackers can trigger a crash by initiating TLS connections with these protocol versions…
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SC-5 directly limits the effects of resource-exhaustion events that constitute uncontrolled consumption.
SC-6 enforces explicit allocation limits on resources, structurally preventing the weakness from occurring.
Process isolation confines resource consumption to separate domains, reducing blast radius without stopping the root flaw.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Continuous monitoring of computing resources can detect resource exhaustion but does not itself enforce allocation limits.
Resilience mechanisms such as avoiding single points of failure indirectly reduce impact of resource exhaustion.
Explicitly requires monitoring and maintaining resource capacity, directly addressing uncontrolled consumption to preserve availability.
Hardened configuration baselines can include resource quotas and limits that constrain consumption.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Pre-agreed severity-based prioritization and resource allocation during incident triage reduce the likelihood that an attacker-induced resource exhaustion will overwhelm the organization before corrective action is taken.
Business-continuity plans that include resource-management controls reduce the likelihood that an attacker can trigger uncontrolled resource consumption by forcing the system into a degraded or fallback state.
Defining RTOs and capacity requirements for ICT services during business-impact analysis forces organizations to provision sufficient resources and throttling mechanisms, reducing the likelihood that an attacker can induce denial-of-service through uncontrolled resource consumption.
Early notification of anomalous resource consumption or system malfunctions enables throttling or isolation before availability is lost.
By duplicating processing facilities and load-balancing across instances, the control reduces the likelihood that a single resource-exhaustion attack will render the service unavailable.
Specifying log storage limits and rotation procedures reduces the risk that unbounded log growth will exhaust disk or memory resources and cause denial of service.