Buffer overflow in Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Machine Expert

CVE-2021-22705

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability exists that could cause denial of service or unauthorized access to system information when interacting directly with a driver installed by Vijeo Designer or EcoStruxure Machine Expert

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-22705: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22705?
CVE-2021-22705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Machine Expert, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-22705?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22705 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.