CVE-2021-31986 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Axis OS, Axis OS 2016, Axis OS 2018, and Axis OS 2020, stemming from insufficient validation of user-controlled SMTP notification parameters. This flaw can lead to a buffer overflow, causing system crashes and potential data leakage. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and requiring user interaction, but with high confidentiality and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:axis:axis_os:*:*:*:*:active:*:*:* | ||
< 6.50.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:axis:axis_os_2016:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
< 8.40.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:axis:axis_os_2018:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
< 9.80.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:axis:axis_os_2020:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.