CVE-2021-27722
Published: 02 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27722 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Nsasoft Spotauditor. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.7% 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-2021-14464
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Nsasoft US LLC SpotAuditor 5.3.5. The program can be crashed by entering 300 bytes char data into the "Key" or "Name" field while registering.
- 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.