CVE-2021-43573
Published: 11 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-43573 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Realtek Rtl8195Am Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 35.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-30491
Vulnerability details
A buffer overflow was discovered on Realtek RTL8195AM devices before 2.0.10. It exists in the client code when processing a malformed IE length of HT capability information in the Beacon and Association response frame.
- 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.