CVE-2021-38260
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function...
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().
- Record
CVE-2021-38260- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().
- Record
CVE-2021-38260- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24718 No score
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().
- Record
EUVD-2021-24718- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r2xv-whjm-g34w No score
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function...
NXP MCUXpresso SDK v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the function USB_HostParseDeviceConfigurationDescriptor().
- Record
GHSA-r2xv-whjm-g34w- 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-2021-38260 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Nxp Mcuxpresso Software Development Kit, published October 25, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.