CVE-2021-38406
Delta Electronics DOPSoft 2 Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Delta Electronic DOPSoft 2 (Version 2.00.07 and prior) lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing specific project files. This could result in multiple out-of-bounds write instances. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 76.43% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 August 2022 · due 15 September 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- deltaww/dopsoft
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 76.4% since 30 October 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.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-02; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38406
References
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-02Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-02Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38406US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.