Startup failure via malformed configuration file
Published Sep 14, 2022 · Updated Jun 4, 2025
Improper input validation in Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA X SYS600 10 through 10.3.1 allows attackers to cause startup failure via a configuration file. During SYS600 startup, the parser reads a specific configuration file without validating input lengths, allowing a crafted value to overflow a buffer and stop the application from starting. Access to that file requires administrator privileges, so the consequence is a local denial of service rather than remote code execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA X SYS600 10 through 10.3.1 allows attackers to cause startup failure via a configuration file. During SYS600 startup, the parser reads a specific configuration file without validating input lengths, allowing a crafted value to overflow a buffer and stop the application from starting. Access to that file requires administrator privileges, so the consequence is a local denial of service rather than remote code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1778
- Published
- Sep 14, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Hitachi Energy
- Product
- MicroSCADA X SYS600
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Sep 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10
- Affected versionversion=10.1
- Affected versionversion=10.1.1
- Affected versionversion=10.2
- Affected versionversion=10.2.1
- Affected versionversion=10.3
- Affected versionversion=10.3.1
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