FKIE_CVE-2021-23908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-13 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39
Severity
2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A type confusion issue affects MultiSvSetAttributes in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://keenlab.tencent.com/en/2021/05/12/Tencent-Security-Keen-Lab-Experimental-Security-Assessment-on-Mercedes-Benz-Cars/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://keenlab.tencent.com/en/whitepapers/Mercedes_Benz_Security_Research_Report_Final.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=49946866Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://keenlab.tencent.com/en/2021/05/12/Tencent-Security-Keen-Lab-Experimental-Security-Assessment-on-Mercedes-Benz-Cars/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://keenlab.tencent.com/en/whitepapers/Mercedes_Benz_Security_Research_Report_Final.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=49946866Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mercedes-benz headunit_ntg6_mercedes-benz_user_experience 2021
mercedes-benz a_220 -
mercedes-benz a_220_4matic -
mercedes-benz e_350 -
mercedes-benz e_350_4matic -
mercedes-benz eqc -
mercedes-benz gle_350 -
mercedes-benz gle_350_4matic -
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