CVE-2021-33973
Published: 19 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2021-33973 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in 360Totalsecurity 360 Total Security. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-20644
Vulnerability details
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Qihoo 360 Safe guard v12.1.0.1004, v12.1.0.1005, v13.1.0.1001 allows attacker to escalate priveleges.
- 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.