CVE-2021-38423 json
GurumDDS Heap-based Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
published 2022-05-05 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24875
- cvss
- 6.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
All versions of GurumDDS improperly calculate the size to be used when allocating the buffer, which may result in a buffer overflow.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-21-315-02 updated cvss 6.6
Multiple Data Distribution Service (DDS) Implementations (Update A)
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Eclipse CycloneDDS <0.8.0 eProsima Fast DDS <2.4.0 GurumNetworks GurumDDS Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) Object Computing Inc. (OCI) OpenDDS <3.18.1 Real-Time Innovations (RTI) Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure >=4.2x, <6.1.0 Real-Time Innovations (RTI) RTI Connext DDS Micro >=3.0.0affected: mitigation “Eclipse recommends users apply the latest CycloneDDS patches.” projects.eclipse.org
+1 more productsfewer
TwinOaks Computing CoreDX DDS <5.9.1
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- GurumNetworks GurumDDS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
References
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cisa.gov
/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-38423
- NVD CVE-2021-38423
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