CVE-2021-3625
Published: 05 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-3625 is a critical-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.5% 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-2021-26928
Vulnerability details
Buffer overflow in Zephyr USB DFU DNLOAD. Zephyr versions >= v2.5.0 contain Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122). For more information, see https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-c3gr-hgvr-f363
- 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.