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CVE-2021-38447· NVD / CVE Program· CNA icscert

OCI OpenDDS Secure Amplification

OCI OpenDDS versions prior to 3.18.1 are vulnerable when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood target devices with unwanted traffic, which may result in a denial-of-service condition.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
May 5, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
2.1% · 81th percentile
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · icscert
8.6
1.1 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
objectcomputingopendds

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • objectcomputing openddsbefore 3.18.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • OCI OpenDDS

    • unspecified and later · before 3.18.1affected

Same product

objectcomputing: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-38445OCI OpenDDS Secure Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-38429OCI OpenDDS Secure Network Amplification
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2025-67111An integer overflow in the RTPS protocol implementation of OpenDDS DDS before v3.33.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) vi
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2023-52427In OpenDDS through 3.27, there is a segmentation fault for a DataWriter with a large value of resource_limits.max_samples.
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2023-37915Malformed PID_PROPERTY_LIST parameter in DATA submessage remotely crashes OpenDDS
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2023-23932Specially crafted RTPS message may cause an OpenDDS application to crash
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-405 · Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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