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CVE-2020-14521

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  • Published2022-02-11
  • WeaknessCWE-276 · CWE-428

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Description

Multiple Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation engineering software products have a malicious code execution vulnerability. A malicious attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain information, modify information, and cause a denial-of-service condition.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-02-1118:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Mitsubishielectric c controller interface module utility
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Mitsubishielectric c controller module setting and monitoring tool
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Mitsubishielectric cc-link ie control network data collector
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0= 1.00ano fix published

43 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • ICSA-20-212-04 CISA54 known affected

    Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Products (Update L)

    Mitsubishi Electric C Controller Interface Module utility: <=2.00 · Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE Control Network Data Collector: 1.00A · Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE Field Network Data Collector: 1.00A · +51 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 2.10 or later for C Controller Interface Module utility. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi Elec…
  2. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 1.01B or later for CC-Link IE Control Network Data Collector. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi…
  3. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 1.01B or later for CC-Link IE Field Network Data Collector. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi E…
  4. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 1.01B or later for CC-Link IE TSN Data Collector. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi Electric se…
  5. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 1.106K or later for CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi El…
  6. Vendor fix CISA ICSA-20-212-04 · 1 productMitsubishi Electric is releasing fixed version 1.011M or later for CW Configurator. Please download the fixed version from the link "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html" and install it. For more information on the fixed version, refer to the Mitsubishi Electric security adviso…

Advisories and patches

Detection

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Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-16
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.18.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-428read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-276read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-02-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14521?

Multiple Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation engineering software products have a malicious code execution vulnerability. A malicious attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain information, modify information, and cause a denial-of-service condition.

Is CVE-2020-14521 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-14521 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-14521?

CVE-2020-14521 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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