Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-41545

High

Published: 10 May 2022

Published
10 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-41545 is a high-severity Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) vulnerability in Siemens Desigo Dxr2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been identified in Desigo DXR2 (All versions < V01.21.142.5-22), Desigo PXC3 (All versions < V01.21.142.4-18), Desigo PXC4 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884), Desigo PXC5 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884). When the controller receives a specific BACnet protocol packet, an…

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exception causes the BACnet communication function to go into a “out of work” state and could result in the controller going into a “factory reset” state.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

siemens
desigo dxr2 firmware
≤ 01.21.142.5-22
siemens
desigo pxc3 firmware
≤ 01.21.142.4-18
siemens
desigo pxc4 firmware
≤ 02.20.142.10-10884
siemens
desigo pxc5 firmware
≤ 02.20.142.10-10884

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-248

Prevents abrupt termination from uncaught exceptions by requiring a defined, preserved-state failure mode.

addresses: CWE-248

Requires pre-defined safe responses for uncaught exceptions so they do not result in undefined or insecure program termination.

References