CVE-2021-20608
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX...
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 versions 1.606G and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in GX Works2 by getting GX Works2 to read a tampered program file from a Mitsubishi Electric PLC by sending malicious crafted packets to tamper with the program file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 versions 1.606G and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in GX Works2 by getting GX Works2 to read a tampered program file from a Mitsubishi Electric PLC by sending malicious crafted packets to tamper with the program file.
- Record
CVE-2021-20608- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 versions 1.606G and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in GX Works2 by getting GX Works2 to read a tampered program file from a Mitsubishi Electric PLC by sending malicious crafted packets to tamper with the program file.
- Record
CVE-2021-20608- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8026 No score
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 versions 1.606G and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in GX Works2 by getting GX Works2 to read a tampered program file from a Mitsubishi Electric PLC by sending malicious crafted packets to tamper with the program file.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8026- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvfx-87xv-97xc No score
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX...
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 versions 1.606G and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition in GX Works2 by getting GX Works2 to read a tampered program file from a Mitsubishi Electric PLC by sending malicious crafted packets to tamper with the program file.
- Record
GHSA-jvfx-87xv-97xc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-20608 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Gx Works2, published December 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.88%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.