CVE-2023-6711
Published: 19 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-6711 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Hitachienergy Rtu500 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58931
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability exists in SCI IEC 60870-5-104 and HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. Specially crafted messages sent to the mentioned components are not validated properly and can result in buffer overflow and as final…
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consequence to a reboot of an RTU500 CMU.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.