CVE-2021-42772
Published: 03 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-42772 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Broadcom Emulex Hba Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.1% 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-2021-29728
Vulnerability details
Broadcom Emulex HBA Manager/One Command Manager versions before 11.4.425.0 and 12.8.542.31, if not installed in Strictly Local Management mode, have a buffer overflow vulnerability in the remote GetDumpFile command that could allow a user to attempt various attacks. In non-secure…
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mode, the user is unauthenticated
- 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.