Buffer overflow in Nhi Health Insurance Web Service Component
CVE-2021-45918
NHI’s health insurance web service component has insufficient validation for input string length, which can result in heap-based buffer overflow attack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to flood the memory space reserved for the program, in order to terminate service without authentication, which requires a system restart to recover service.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Nhi Health Insurance Web Service Component — versions 515BE7DE5BCE446177FEE8A6E0665093, 42fcc36541e716e23de77d5f325b186a, 52EACB7CA2B4D0A5A869DF01079BF4D6
- Nhi Health_insurance_web_service_component
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- twcert@cert.org.tw (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-45918?
- CVE-2021-45918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nhi Health Insurance Web Service Component, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-20.
- How severe is CVE-2021-45918?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.