CVE-2022-21159
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the parseNormalModeParameters functionality of MZ Automation GmbH libiec61850 1.5.0. A specially-crafted series of network requests can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send a sequence of malformed iec61850 messages to trigger this vulnerability.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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references (9)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-21159/cnnvd
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/cfa94cbf10302bedc779703f874ee2e8387a0721cnnvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1467cnnvd
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/cfa94cbf10302bedc779703f874ee2e8387a0721enisa_euvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1467enisa_euvd
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1467enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/commit/cfa94cbf10302bedc779703f874ee2e8387a0721PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1467ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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