CVE-2022-2973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

MZ Automation's libIEC61850 (versions 1.4 and prior; version 1.5 prior to commit a3b04b7bc4872a5a39e5de3fdc5fbde52c09e10e) uses a NULL pointer in certain situations. which could allow an attacker to crash the server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00202.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mz-automation	Libiec61850

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mz-automation:libiec61850:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35194	MZ Automation's libIEC61850 (versions 1.4 and prior; version 1.5 prior to commit a3b04b7bc4872a5a39e5de3fdc5fbde52c09e10e) uses a NULL pointer in certain situations. which could allow an attacker to crash the server.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-251-01

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-09-23T15:28:44.503Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T16:09:39.243Z

Reserved: 2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2973

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:53:00.671Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T16:15:11.003

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:02:00.850

Link: CVE-2022-2973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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