CVE-2021-43000
Published: 07 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-43000 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Amzetta Zportal Windows Zclient. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 22.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29955
Vulnerability details
Amzetta zPortal Windows zClient is affected by Buffer Overflow. IOCTL Handler 0x22001B in the Amzetta zPortal Windows zClient <= v3.2.8180.148 allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS…
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crash) via specially crafted I/O Request Packet.
- 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.