CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20596

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 22, 2021 | Modified: Aug 02, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

NULL Pointer Dereference in MELSEC-F Series FX3U-ENET firmware version 1.14 and prior, FX3U-ENET-L firmware version 1.14 and prior and FX3U-ENET-P502 firmware version 1.14 and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in communication by sending specially crafted packets. Control by MELSEC-F series PLC is not affected and system reset is required for recovery.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fx3u-enet-l_firmware Mitsubishielectric * 1.14 (including)
Fx3u-enet-p502_firmware Mitsubishielectric * 1.14 (including)
Fx3u-enet_firmware Mitsubishielectric * 1.14 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References