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CVE-2021-28186
ASUS BMC's firmware: buffer overflow - ActiveX configuration-2 acquisition
Medium4.9EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- twcert
Description
The specific function in ASUS BMC’s firmware Web management page (ActiveX configuration-2 acquisition) does not verify the string length entered by users, resulting in a Buffer overflow vulnerability. As obtaining the privileged permission, remote attackers use the leakage to abnormally terminate the Web service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| twcertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
ASUS · BMC firmware for Z10PR-D16
- affected 1.14.51
ASUS · BMC firmware for ASMB8-iKVM
- affected 1.14.51
ASUS · BMC firmware for Z10PE-D16 WS
- affected 1.14.2
What to do
Solution: update BMC's firmwares to the following versions: Z10PR-D16 1.16.1 ASMB8-iKVM 1.16.1 Z10PE-D16 WS 1.16.1
References (3)
- https://www.asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.asus.com/tw/support/callus/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-4556-ece3d-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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