What is CVE-2021-38260?

CVE-2021-38260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nxp Mcuxpresso Software Development Kit, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-38260?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nxp Mcuxpresso Software Development Kit

CVE-2021-38260

NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Nxp Mcuxpresso_software_development_kit — versions 2.7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38260?: CVE-2021-38260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nxp Mcuxpresso Software Development Kit, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-38260?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.