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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-38443

CVE-2021-38443

MEDIUM6.6

Eclipse CycloneDDS Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure

Published May 5, 2022

Modified 10 months ago

Details

Eclipse CycloneDDS versions prior to 0.8.0 improperly handle invalid structures, which may allow an attacker to write arbitrary values in the XML parser.

References

https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.cyclonedds

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38443

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.6

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

HighA:H

6.6/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Other

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 5, 2022

ModifiedApr 16, 2025

CVE-2021-38443 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence