CVE-2021-27698 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the RIOT-OS 2021.01 operating system, specifically within the _parse_options() function of the gnrc_rpl_control_messages.c file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity, and can be exploited remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2021.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2021.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.