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CVE-2021-38427: RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Stack-based Buffer Overflow

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-121

Description

RTI Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure Versions 4.2.x to 6.1.0 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• RTI Connext Professional: from 4.2.0 through 6.1.0
• RTI Connext Secure: from 4.2.0 through 6.1.0

References

• https://support.rti.com/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2F
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02
• https://support.rti.com/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2F
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02

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