CVE-2021-21971
Published: 04 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-21971 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Sealevel Seaconnect 370W Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-9142
Vulnerability details
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the URL_decode functionality of Sealevel Systems, Inc. SeaConnect 370W v1.3.34. A specially-crafted MQTT payload can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack to trigger this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.