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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-25664 · published 22 April 2021

CVE-2021-25664: Siemens capital vstar vulnerability

Siemens · Capital Vstar

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.

8.7 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 1.9% · top 21.3% CWE-835 · CWE-835
8.7CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-248289.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-248289.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-05 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-248289.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-248289.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-05 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-25664), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.