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CVE-2021-45117

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45117 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the OPC autogenerated ANSI C stack stubs within NodeSets, affecting various Siemens and OPC Foundation products including SIMATIC NET PC and SITOP Manager. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service (high availability impact) without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.05.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opcfoundation:ua-nodeset:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_net_pc:14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_net_pc:15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_net_pc:16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_net_pc:17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-285795.pdf
PatchThird Party Advisory
files.opcfoundation.org / SecurityBulletins/OPC%20Foundation%20Security%20Bulletin%20CVE-2021-45117.pdf
PatchVendor Advisory
youtube.com / watch
ExploitThird Party Advisory