CVE-2022-40265 (GCVE-0-2022-40265)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-30 00:04 – Updated: 2025-04-24 18:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series Ethernet Interface Module
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series RJ71EN71 Firmware version "65" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU Network Part Firmware version "65" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specially crafted packets. A system reset is required for recovery.
Severity
8.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-24 18:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MELSEC iQ-R Series RJ71EN71 |
Affected:
Firmware version "65" and prior
|
guessed | |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU |
Affected:
Network Part Firmware version "65" and prior
|
guessed |
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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