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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-21003

In Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH SMCS series products in multiple versions fragmented TCP-Packets may cause a Denial of Service of Web-, SNMP- and ICMP-Echo services.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.95%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH SMCS series products in multiple versions fragmented TCP-Packets may cause a Denial of Service of Web-, SNMP- and ICMP-Echo services. The switching functionality of the device is not affected.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
0.95% probability · 61th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-404
Affected
phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 16tx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 14tx\/2fx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 14tx\/2fx-sm firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 8gt firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 6gt\/2sfp firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 8tx-pn firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 4tx-pn firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 8tx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smcs 6tx\/2sfp firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smn 6tx\/2pof-pn firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smn 8tx-pn firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smn 6tx\/2fx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl switch smn 6tx\/2fx sm firmware · phoenixcontact/fl nat smn 8tx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl nat smn 8tx-m firmware
Source
info@cert.vde.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.95%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.