CVE-2021-43573 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Realtek RTL8195AM devices prior to version 2.0.10. This flaw occurs when the client processes malformed HT capability information within Beacon and Association response frames. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8195am_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.