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CVE-2021-25664

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Capital Embedded AR Classic 431-422 (All versions), Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11 (All versions < V2303), Nucleus NET (All versions), Nucleus ReadyStart V3 (All versions < V2017.02.4), Nucleus ReadyStart V4 (All versions < V4.1.0), Nucleus Source Code (All versions including affected IPv6 stack). The function that processes the Hop-by-Hop extension header in IPv6 packets and its options lacks any checks against the length field of the header, allowing attackers to put the function into an infinite loop by supplying arbitrary length values.

Affected products

• Siemens Capital VSTAR: all versions
• Siemens Nucleus NET: all versions
• Siemens Nucleus ReadyStart V3: before 2017.02.4 — fixed in 2017.02.4
• Siemens Nucleus ReadyStart V4: before 4.1.0 — fixed in 4.1.0
• Siemens Nucleus Source Code: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Nucleus ReadyStart V3 2017.02.4; Siemens Nucleus ReadyStart V4 4.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-248289.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-248289.pdf
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-05
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-248289.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-248289.pdf
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-05

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