# CVE-2021-1433: Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software vDaemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

> A remote attacker with man-in-the-middle position can trigger a buffer overflow in vDaemon, potentially executing arbitrary code as root or causing a device reload.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m47p-2p8x-qmpg

## What is CVE-2021-1433?

CVE-2021-1433 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 24 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the vDaemon process in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking when the device processes traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted traffic to the device. The attacker must have a man-in-the-middle position between Cisco vManage and an associated device that is running an affected version of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to conduct a controllable buffer overflow attack (and possibly execute arbitrary commands as the root user) or cause a device reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Ios Xe.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-1433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-1433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xe

- [CVE-2023-20198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20198/): Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0151/): Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-20273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20273/): Cisco IOS XE Web UI Command Injection (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20188/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco IOS XE Software (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-34770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34770/): Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers CAPWAP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-1433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-1433 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 24 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios Xe. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1433/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1433

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1433/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.