CVE-2021-27179
It is possible to crash the telnet daemon by sending a certain 0a 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 0a 02 0a 1a 0a string.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered on FiberHome HG6245D devices through RP2613. It is possible to crash the telnet daemon by sending a certain 0a 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 0a 02 0a 1a 0a string.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.93% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- fiberhome/hg6245d firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2021-01-12-fiberhome-ont-0day-vulnerabilities.html#telnet-cli-dosExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2021-01-12-fiberhome-ont-0day-vulnerabilities.html#telnet-cli-dosExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.