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CVE-2021-42774

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42774 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Broadcom Emulex HBA Manager/One Command Manager versions prior to 11.4.425.0 and 12.8.542.31, specifically when not configured for Strictly Local Management. This vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service due to its presence in the remote firmware download feature. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, and it has not been observed in active exploitation, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.4.425.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:emulex_hba_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.8.542.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:emulex_hba_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.broadcom.com / doc/elx_HBAManager-Lin-RN12811-101.pdf
Vendor Advisory
broadcom.com / products/storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters/emulex-hba-manager
Product