CVE-2021-20041

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2021 at 09:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorSMA 410 FirmwareSMA 210 FirmwareSMA 500V Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 21%

Description

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 10.2.0.8-37svv ≤ 10.2.1.1-19svv ≤ 10.2.1.2-24svv ≤ 9.0.0.11-31sv
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

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References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835

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