Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-27953
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists on the ecobee3 lite 4.5.81.200 device in the HomeKit Wireless Access Control setup process. A threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service, forcing the device to reboot via a crafted HTTP request.