Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-37161

Critical

Published: 02 August 2021

Published
02 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0756 92.0th percentile
Risk Priority 24 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-37161 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Swisslog-Healthcare Hmi-3 Control Panel Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 8.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the HMI3 Control Panel contained within the Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel, operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. A buffer overflow allows an attacker to overwrite an internal queue data…

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structure and can lead to remote code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

swisslog-healthcare
hmi-3 control panel firmware
≤ 7.2.5.7

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.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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