CVE-2021-25664 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-25664

A vulnerability has been identified in Capital Embedded AR Classic...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Capital Embedded AR Classic 431-422, Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11, Nucleus NET, Nucleus ReadyStart V3, Nucleus ReadyStart V4, Nucleus Source Code
Vulnerable Versions:
0, All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: April 22nd, 2021
Last Modified: March 11th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)