Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44433

High

Published: 14 December 2021

Published
14 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0068 72.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44433 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Siemens Jt Open Toolkit. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.0% 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 JT Utilities (All versions < V13.1.1.0), JTTK (All versions < V11.1.1.0). JTTK library in affected products contains a use after free vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted JT files. An attacker…

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could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-14900)

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

siemens
jt open toolkit
≤ 11.1.1.0
siemens
jt utilities
≤ 13.1.1.0

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-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References