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CVE-2021-40873

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40873 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before version 5.66 and uaToolkit Embedded before version 1.40. Remote attackers can exploit a double-free error by sending crafted messages to a client or server, causing the server process to crash and require a restart. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:datafeed_opc_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:edgeconnector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:opc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:secure_integration_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softing:th_scope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

industrial.softing.com
Vendor Advisory
industrial.softing.com / fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-40873.pdf
Vendor Advisory