CVE-2019-10972 Denial of service in Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2 by tricking a user into opening a malicious project file, leading to CPU exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-10972?
CVE-2019-10972 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, published on 25 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file (.frc2). Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application is restarted.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mitsubishielectric Electric Fr Configurator2.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10972?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-10972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gh8x-r7fj-92h5.