CVE-2021-26264 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A specially crafted script could cause the DeltaV Distributed Control System Controllers (All Versions) to restart and cause a denial-of-service condition.

Published: 2022-01-28

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav_workstation:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:emerson:deltav_distributed_control_system:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-13081	A specially crafted script could cause the DeltaV Distributed Control System Controllers (All Versions) to restart and cause a denial-of-service condition.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-355-04

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Emerson Deltav Distributed Control System Deltav Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-01-28T19:09:49.871Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T15:51:47.289Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-26264

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:20.155Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-28T20:15:10.927

Modified: 2025-04-17T16:15:22.780

Link: CVE-2021-26264

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306

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