CVE-2021-38684 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-38684

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Multimedia Console

Vulnerability Description

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP NAS running Multimedia Console. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of Multimedia Console: Multimedia Console 1.4.3 ( 2021/10/05 ) and later Multimedia Console 1.5.3 ( 2021/10/05 ) and later

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:

  • crixer

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Affected Vendor

QNAP Systems Inc.

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Affected Software

Multimedia Console
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: November 13th, 2021
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact