CVE-2021-38435
RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Versions 4.2x to 6.1.0 not correctly calculate the size when allocating the buffer, which may result in a buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
RTI · Connext DDS Professional
- affected 4.2x – ≤ 6.1.0
- affected 4.2x – ≤ 6.1.0
What to do
Solution: RTI recommends users apply the available patches for these issues. A patch is available on the RTI customer portal or by contacting RTI Support. Also, contact RTI Support for mitigations, including how to use RTI DDS Secure to mitigate against the network amplification issue.
References (2)
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.rti.com/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2F (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2021-38435)Record last updated .