Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability in STARDOM by Yokogawa Electric Corporation

CVE-2023-5915

What is CVE-2023-5915?

A vulnerability has been discovered in the STARDOM FCN/FCJ controllers developed by Yokogawa Electric Corporation, enabling remote attackers to exploit uncontrolled resource consumption. By sending specially crafted packets, an attacker could trigger a denial-of-service condition, making the maintenance homepage of the controller inaccessible. This disrupts crucial functionalities such as configuration changes and log viewing, while the controller continues to operate normally. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of the STARDOM FCN/FCJ units, specifically from R1.01 to R4.31.

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