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CVE-2021-38409 (GCVE-0-2021-38409)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-20 20:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Title
Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator uninitialized pointer
Summary
Fuji Electric V-Server Lite and Tellus Lite V-Simulator prior to v4.0.12.0 is vulnerable to an access of uninitialized pointer, which may allow an attacker read from or write to unexpected memory locations, leading to a denial-of-service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fuji Electric V-Server Lite Affected: unspecified , < 4.0.12.0 (custom)
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Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator Affected: unspecified , < 4.0.12.0 (custom)
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Credits
kimiya, working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, and Michael Heinzl reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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