CVE-2021-35533 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-35533

Specially Crafted IEC 60870-5-104 Packet Vulnerability in RTU500 series

Vulnerability Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the APDU parser in the Bidirectional Communication Interface (BCI) IEC 60870-5-104 function of Hitachi Energy RTU500 series allows an attacker to cause the receiving RTU500 CMU of which the BCI is enabled to reboot when receiving a specially crafted message. By default, BCI IEC 60870-5-104 function is disabled (not configured). This issue affects: Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.0.* (all versions); CMU Firmware version 12.2.* (all versions); CMU Firmware version 12.4.* (all versions).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Hitachi Energy

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Affected Software

RTU500 series
Vulnerable Versions:
CMU Firmware version 12.0, CMU Firmware version 12.2, CMU Firmware version 12.4

Timeline

Official Publish: November 26th, 2021
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)