CVE-2021-27417 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-27417

eCosCentric eCosPro RTOS Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability Description

eCosCentric eCosPro RTOS Versions 2.0.1 through 4.5.3 are vulnerable to integer wraparound in function calloc (an implementation of malloc). The unverified memory assignment can lead to arbitrary memory allocation, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • David Atch, Omri Ben Bassat, and Tamir Ariel from Microsoft Section 52, and the Azure Defender for IoT research group reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

Affected Vendor

eCosCentric

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Affected Software

eCosPro RTOS
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2022
Last Modified: April 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)