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CVE-2021-28040

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.19% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-03-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2021-28040
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.19%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in OSSEC 3.6.0. An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in os_xml.c occurs when a large number of opening and closing XML tags is used. Because recursion is used in _ReadElem without restriction, an attacker can trigger a segmentation fault once unmapped memory is reached.

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