Vulnerability record

CVE-2021-38406

Delta Electronics DOPSoft 2 Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run DOPSoft 2, fix it now.

CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Sep 15, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
DOPSoft 2Delta ElectronicsKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2021-38406 scored CVSS 7.8: Delta Electronics DOPSoft 2, Delta Electronics DOPSoft 2 Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched DOPSoft 2 systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-02
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38406
  • us-cert.cisa.gov https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-02
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38406