CVE-2022-2502 is a critical vulnerability affecting Hitachi Energy RTU500 series products, specifically within the HCI IEC 60870-5-104 function when configured with IEC 62351-5 support and the 'Advanced security' license. This flaw, caused by missing input data validation leading to a buffer overflow, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a device reboot by sending a specially crafted message. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant availability risk (A:H) due to its network-based attack vector (AV:N) and low attack complexity (AC:L). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.