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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-28186

The specific function in ASUS BMC’s firmware Web management page (ActiveX configuration-2 acquisition) does not verify the string length entered by users, resulting in a Buffer overflow vulnerability.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.81%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The specific function in ASUS BMC’s firmware Web management page (ActiveX configuration-2 acquisition) does not verify the string length entered by users, resulting in a Buffer overflow vulnerability. As obtaining the privileged permission, remote attackers use the leakage to abnormally terminate the Web service.

CVSS 3.1
4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.81% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
asus/z10pr-d16 firmware · asus/asmb8-ikvm firmware · asus/z10pe-d16 ws firmware
Source
twcert@cert.org.tw

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.