Critical severity · published Apr 13, 2021
CVE-2021-29999
An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks through 6.8
9.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks through 6.8. There is a possible stack overflow in dhcp server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VX
Vxworks · Windriver
through 6.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29999
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29999
Vendor Advisory
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices
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