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CVE-2022-2971

MZ Automation libIEC61850 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Published: Sep 23, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-843
8.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

MZ Automation's libIEC61850 (versions 1.4 and prior; version 1.5 prior to commit a3b04b7bc4872a5a39e5de3fdc5fbde52c09e10e) accesses a resource using an incompatible type, which could allow an attacker to crash the server with a malicious payload.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-843

Affected Products

MZ Automation
libIEC61850
ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
mz-automation
oss-project
libiec61850Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
MZ Automation GmbH
commercial·DEaka libiec61850
libIEC61850Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-251-01
cisa.gov
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-251-01
cisa.gov
https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850
github.com
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