CVE-2021-40872
Published: 10 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-40872 is a high-severity Type Confusion (CWE-843) vulnerability in Softing Smartlink Hw-Dp. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-28027
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) or login as an anonymous user (bypassing security checks) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA server. The server…
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process may crash unexpectedly because of an invalid type cast, and must be restarted.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.