CVE-2021-31401
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-08-19
- Fixed in4.3
- WeaknessCWE-20
Am I affected?
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Description
An issue was discovered in tcp_rcv() in nptcp.c in HCC embedded InterNiche 4.0.1. The TCP header processing code doesn't sanitize the value of the IP total length field (header length + data length). With a crafted IP packet, an integer overflow occurs whenever the value of the IP data length is calculated by subtracting the length of the header from the total length of the IP packet.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-08-1912:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-31401?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | < 4.3 | 4.3 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | < 2.0.0 | 2.0.0 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | < 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
HCC Embedded InterNiche TCP/IP stack, NicheLite (Update B)
InterNiche stack: All versions prior to v4.3 · NicheLite: All versions prior to v4.3
Fix
- Update Hcc-embedded nichestack to 4.3
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-217-01 · 2 productsHCC recommends users apply release v4.3 or later to mitigate these vulnerabilities. For more information, contact HCC.
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-217-01 · 2 productsAdditional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
Advisories and patches
- cert-portal.siemens.comMitigation
- www.forescout.comMitigation
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.3 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2021-08-19
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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