CVE-2021-23906
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz...
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
1.8
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-23906- CVSS 3.1
- 1.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:P/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-10829
1.8
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2021-10829- CVSS 3.1
- 1.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:P/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jx2c-9rxg-v58w No score
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz...
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-jx2c-9rxg-v58w- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
1.8
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-23906- CVSS 3.1
- 1.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23906 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.8) in Mercedes-benz User Experience, published May 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=49946866
keenlab.tencent.com/en/2021/05/12/Tencent-Security-Keen-Lab-Experimental-Security-Assessment-on-Mercedes-Benz-Cars
keenlab.tencent.com/en/whitepapers/Mercedes_Benz_Security_Research_Report_Final.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23906
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jx2c-9rxg-v58w