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DoS in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F Series CPU Module TCP Communication Function

IdentifiersCVE-2025-10259CWE-1284· Improper Validation of Specified…

CVE-2025-10259 is an improper validation of specified quantity in input vulnerability in the TCP communication function of Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F Series CPU modules. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TCP packets to the affected device and cause the targeted TCP connection to be disconnected, resulting in a denial-of-service condition for that connection. According to the advisory, the effect is limited to the attacked connection and does not impact other concurrent connections. The issue affects MELSEC iQ-F Series CPU module models across all versions listed by the vendor.

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Successful exploitation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to interrupt availability of a targeted TCP session to the affected MELSEC iQ-F Series CPU module. The resulting denial of service is limited in scope to the attacked connection rather than the entire device or all network communications. There is no stated impact to confidentiality or integrity, which is consistent with the published CVSS v3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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Mitsubishi Electric recommends using a VPN to encrypt communications when Internet access to the affected products is required. The vendor also recommends restricting physical access to the affected products and restricting access to the connected LAN. More broadly, exposure of the TCP communication function to untrusted networks should be minimized through network segmentation and access control.

Remediation

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Mitsubishi Electric has published Advisory 2025-014 for this vulnerability. Organizations should review the vendor advisory for affected model details and any product-specific corrective actions or updates. Based on the provided information, no explicit patch or fixed version information is available here beyond the vendor advisory reference.
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