CVE-2021-35520
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices...
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices before 2.6.2 allows physically proximate authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, denial of services, and information disclosure via serial ports.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices before 2.6.2 allows physically proximate authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, denial of services, and information disclosure via serial ports.
- Record
CVE-2021-35520- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices before 2.6.2 allows physically proximate authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, denial of services, and information disclosure via serial ports.
- Record
CVE-2021-35520- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22156 No score
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices before 2.6.2 allows physically proximate authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, denial of services, and information disclosure via serial ports.
- Record
EUVD-2021-22156- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w7pc-6hmh-65x6 No score
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices...
A Buffer Overflow in Thrift command handlers in IDEMIA Morpho Wave Compact and VisionPass devices before 2.6.2 allows physically proximate authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, denial of services, and information disclosure via serial ports.
- Record
GHSA-w7pc-6hmh-65x6- Weakness
- CWE-787
- 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-2021-35520 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Idemia Morphowave Compact Mdpi-m Firmware, published July 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.