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CVE-2021-38439

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2022-05-05
  • WeaknessCWE-122

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Description

All versions of GurumDDS are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow, which may cause a denial-of-service condition or remotely execute arbitrary code.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-05-0517:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Gurum gurumdds
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

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

  • ICSA-21-315-02 CISA7 known affected

    Multiple Data Distribution Service (DDS) Implementations (Update A)

    RTI Connext DDS Micro: Versions 3.0.0 and later · Object Computing Inc. (OCI) OpenDDS: All versions prior to 3.18.1 · Real-Time Innovations (RTI) Connext DDS Professional and Connext DDS Secure: Versions 4.2x to 6.1.0 · +4 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-315-02 · 7 productsEclipse recommends users apply the latest CycloneDDS patches.
  2. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-315-02 · 7 productseProsima recommends users apply the latest Fast DDS patches.
  3. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-315-02 · 7 productsOCI recommends users update to Version 3.18.1 of OpenDDS or later.
  4. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-315-02 · 7 productsTwin Oaks Computing recommends users apply CoreDX DDS Version 5.9.1 or later, which can be downloaded on the Twin Oaks website (login required).

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-16
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.18.6read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-122read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.8 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-05-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38439?

All versions of GurumDDS are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow, which may cause a denial-of-service condition or remotely execute arbitrary code.

Is CVE-2021-38439 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-38439 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-38439?

CVE-2021-38439 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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