CVE-2021-42262
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.83% (57th) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in Softing OPC UA C++ SDK before 5.70. An invalid XML element in the type dictionary makes the OPC/UA client crash due to an out-of-memory condition.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.5
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- softing opc ua c++ software development kit5.56.0 → 5.70.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:softing:opc_ua_c\+\+_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- softing secure integration server≤ 1.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:softing:secure_integration_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-42262/cnnvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-42262.pdfcnnvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/us/solutions/opc-and-opc-ua.htmlcnnvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-42262.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/us/solutions/opc-and-opc-ua.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/sof-files/pdf/ia/support/Security_Bulletin_CVE-2021-42262.pdfVendor Advisorynvd
- https://industrial.softing.com/us/solutions/opc-and-opc-ua.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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