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CVE-2021-40871

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote...

7.5 High

CVE-2021-40871 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Softing Opc, published November 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.31%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
1.31%EPSS, 71st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA client. The client process may crash unexpectedly because of a wrong type cast, and must be restarted.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.31%Up 0.3 points since Nov 11, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA client. The client process may crash unexpectedly because of a wrong type cast, and must be restarted.

Record
CVE-2021-40871
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-843
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA client. The client process may crash unexpectedly because of a wrong type cast, and must be restarted.

Record
CVE-2021-40871
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28026No score

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA client. The client process may crash unexpectedly because of a wrong type cast, and must be restarted.

Record
EUVD-2021-28026
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jh98-gv77-c9cxNo score

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote...

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a OPC/UA client. The client process may crash unexpectedly because of a wrong type cast, and must be restarted.

Record
GHSA-jh98-gv77-c9cx
Weakness
CWE-843
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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