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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-28185
ASUS BMC's firmware: buffer overflow - ActiveX configuration-1 acquisition
Vulnerability Description
The specific function in ASUS BMC’s firmware Web management page (ActiveX configuration-1 acquisition) does not verify the string length entered by users, resulting in a Buffer overflow vulnerability. As obtaining the privileged permission, remote attackers use the leakage to abnormally terminate the Web service.
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.
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Affected Vendor
ASUS
View all reports →Affected Software
BMC firmware for Z10PR-D16, BMC firmware for ASMB8-iKVM, BMC firmware for Z10PE-D16 WS
Vulnerable Versions:
1.14.51, 1.14.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 6th, 2021
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H