CVE-2021-38689: QNAP device running QVR Elite, QVR Pro, QVR Guard: QTS: stack buffer overflow vulnerability
This QNAP advisory covers CVE-2021-38689. Related products: QTS, QuTS hero, QVR.
- CVE-2021-38689
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.1
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
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Related products & platforms
Description
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device running QVR Elite, QVR Pro, QVR Guard. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.
We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of QVR Elite, QVR Pro, QVR Guard: QuTS hero h5.0.0: QVR Elite 2.1.4.0 (2021/12/06) and later QuTS hero h4.5.4: QVR Elite 2.1.4.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 5.0.0: QVR Elite 2.1.4.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 4.5.4: QVR Elite 2.1.4.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 4.5.4: QVR Pro 2.1.3.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 5.0.0: QVR Pro 2.1.3.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 4.5.4: QVR Guard 2.1.3.0 (2021/12/06) and later QTS 5.0.0: QVR Guard 2.1.3.0 (2021/12/06) and later
Text from the source record.
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