Denial of service in Hitachi Energy RTU500 CMU Series

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU106984

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10037

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the RTU500 web server component. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

RTU500 CMU: 12.0.1 - 13.6.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:hitachi_energy:rtu500_cmu:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hitachi_energy:rtu500_cmu:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hitachi_energy:rtu500_cmu:12.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000207&languageCode=en&Preview=true
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-093-01

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.