CVE-2021-38435: RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Versions 4.2x to 6.1.0 not correctly calculate the size when allocating the buffer, which may result in a…

PriorityP347critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.42%

69.6th percentile

RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Versions 4.2x to 6.1.0 not correctly calculate the size when allocating the buffer, which may result in a buffer overflow.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
rti	connext_dds_professional	4.2x – 6.1.0	—
rti	connext_dds_secure	4.2x – 6.1.0	—
rti	connext_professional	>= 4.2 < 6.1.0	6.1.0
rti	connext_secure	>= 4.2 < 6.1.0	6.1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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