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CVE-2022-2973

MZ Automation libIEC61850 NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 23, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-476
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) uses a NULL pointer in certain situations. which could allow an attacker to crash the server.

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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-476

Affected Products

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

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-251-01
cisa.gov
https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850
github.com
https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/a3b04b7bc4872a5a39e5de3fdc5fbde52c09e10e
github.com
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