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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-38408

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess Versions 9.02 and prior caused by a lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data may allow remote code execution.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess Versions 9.02 and prior caused by a lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data may allow remote code execution.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
11.57% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121
Affected
advantech/webaccess
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 11.57%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 11.6% 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

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