CVE-2021-38443 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Eclipse CycloneDDS versions prior to 0.8.0 improperly handle invalid structures, which may allow an attacker to write arbitrary values in the XML parser.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Eclipse	Cyclonedds

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:cyclonedds:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24895	Eclipse CycloneDDS versions prior to 0.8.0 improperly handle invalid structures, which may allow an attacker to write arbitrary values in the XML parser.

Fixes

Solution

Eclipse recommends users apply the latest CycloneDDS patches. https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.cyclonedds

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.cyclonedds
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02

History

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-05-05T15:16:53.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T16:23:56.123Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38443

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:22.345Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-05T17:15:09.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:17:06.863

Link: CVE-2021-38443

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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