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CVE-2021-31227

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An issue was discovered in HCC embedded InterNiche 4.0.1. A potential heap buffer overflow exists in the code that parses the HTTP POST request, due to an incorrect signed integer comparison. This vulnerability requires the attacker to send a malformed HTTP packet with a negative Content-Length, which bypasses the size checks and results in a large heap overflow in the wbs_multidata buffer copy.

Affected products

• Hcc-Embedded Nichestack: before 4.3 — fixed in 4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hcc-Embedded Nichestack 4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209
• https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209

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