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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2021-28186 json

ASUS BMC's firmware: buffer overflow - ActiveX configuration-2 acquisition

published 2021-04-06 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-14876

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction

1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • ASUS BMC firmware for Z10PR-D16
  • ASUS BMC firmware for ASMB8-iKVM
  • ASUS BMC firmware for Z10PE-D16 WS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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