Out-of-bounds read in V-Server Lite and Tellus Lite V-Simulator - CVE-2021-38421

 

Out-of-bounds read in V-Server Lite and Tellus Lite V-Simulator - CVE-2021-38421

Published: October 27, 2021 / Updated: October 28, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57663
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38421
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the parsing of V8 files within the V-Simulator module. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system, or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

V-Server Lite
Tellus Lite V-Simulator

How to mitigate CVE-2021-38421

Install updates from vendor's website.

V-Server Lite - update to 4.0.12.0
Tellus Lite V-Simulator - update to 4.0.12.0

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