7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-45918
NHI Health Insurance Web Service Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

NHI’s health insurance web service component has insufficient validation for input string length, which can result in heap-based buffer overflow attack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to flood the memory space reserved for the program, in order to terminate service without authentication, which requires a system restart to recover service.

INFO

Published Date :

June 20, 2022, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

June 26, 2023, 5:49 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-45918 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nhi health_insurance_web_service_component
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-45918.

URL Resource
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6227-eaf49-1.html Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-45918 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CWE NIST CWE-1284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6227-eaf49-1.html No Types Assigned https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6227-eaf49-1.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nhi:health_insurance_web_service_component:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} 0.02%

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0.56289

percentile

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