Resource exhaustion in Moxa Nport 5100a Series Firmware
CVE-2016-9367
An issue was discovered in Moxa NPort 5110 versions prior to 2.6, NPort 5130/5150 Series versions prior to 3.6, NPort 5200 Series versions prior to 2.8, NPort 5400 Series versions prior to 3.11, NPort 5600 Series versions prior to 3.7, NPort 5100A Series & NPort P5150A versions prior to 1.3, NPort 5200A Series versions prior to 1.3, NPort 5150AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5250AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5450AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5600-8-DT Series versions prior to 2.4, NPort 5600-8-DTL Series versions prior to 2.4, NPort 6x50 Series versions prior to 1.13.11, NPort IA5450A versions prior to v1.4. The amount of resources requested by a malicious actor is not restricted, leading to a denial-of-service caused by resource exhaustion.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.017 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9367?
- CVE-2016-9367 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Nport 5100a Series Firmware, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9367?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.