Out-of-bounds read in NX 1980 - CVE-2021-37203
Published: September 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56619
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37203
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
NX 1980
NX 1980
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the plmxmlAdapterIFC.dll when parsing user supplied IFC files. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-37203
Install updates from vendor's website.