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HIGH

CVE-2021-32998

CVE-2021-32998 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence

The FANUC R-30iA and R-30iB series controllers are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. INIT START/restore from backup required.

Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, icscert

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

1%

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

fanuc

3 products listed

CVSS base

7.4

HIGH

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

fanuc

Products (3)

r 30ia r 30ia mater 30ib r 30ib mate r 30ib compactr 30ib plus r 30ib mate plus r 30ib compact plus r 30ib mini plus

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
7.4CVSS 3.1HIGH——cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-787

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

  • Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /restore.

References

1 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

  • fanucevery CVE for this vendor
  • CWE-787other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.