CVE-2021-22678 is a critical vulnerability affecting all versions of Horner Automation Cscape prior to 9.90 SP4, stemming from insufficient validation of user-supplied data in project files. This flaw can lead to memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the current process. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but successful exploitation grants high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hornerautomation:cscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hornerautomation:cscape:9.90:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hornerautomation:cscape:9.90:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hornerautomation:cscape:9.90:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hornerautomation:cscape:9.90:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.