CVE-2021-40873

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Softing Industrial Automation OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.66, and uaToolkit Embedded before 1.40. Remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending crafted messages to a client or server. The server process may crash unexpectedly because of a double free, and must be restarted.

References

https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-40873.pdf

https://industrial.softing.com/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00628