CVE-2021-26621
Published: 25 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-26621 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Netu Mex01 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-13415
Vulnerability details
An Buffer Overflow vulnerability leading to remote code execution was discovered in MEX01. Remote attackers can use this vulnerability by using the property that the target program copies parameter values to memory through the strcpy() function.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.