CVE-2021-37165
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel...
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When a message is sent to the HMI TCP socket, it is forwarded to the hmiProcessMsg function through the pendingQ, and may lead to remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When a message is sent to the HMI TCP socket, it is forwarded to the hmiProcessMsg function through the pendingQ, and may lead to remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-37165- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When a message is sent to the HMI TCP socket, it is forwarded to the hmiProcessMsg function through the pendingQ, and may lead to remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-37165- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23739 No score
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When a message is sent to the HMI TCP socket, it is forwarded to the hmiProcessMsg function through the pendingQ, and may lead to remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23739- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jfh4-jcmh-hq55 No score
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel...
A buffer overflow issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. When a message is sent to the HMI TCP socket, it is forwarded to the hmiProcessMsg function through the pendingQ, and may lead to remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-jfh4-jcmh-hq55- Weakness
- CWE-120
- 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-2021-37165 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Swisslog-healthcare Hmi-3 Control Panel Firmware, published August 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.26%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
swisslog-healthcare.com
armis.com/PwnedPiper
swisslog-healthcare.com/-/media/swisslog-healthcare/documents/customer-service/armis-documents/cve-2021-37165-bulletin---overflow-in-hmiprocessmsg.pdf?rev=2e2678dab62b41ba999cd6d1e03974ca&hash=F465ACE2C7FAED826B52FE996E36ACEC
swisslog-healthcare.com/en-us/customer-care/security-information/cve-disclosures
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37165
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfh4-jcmh-hq55