Threats / Realtek / CVE-2021-35394
CVE-2021-35394
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Realtek Jungle Software Development Kit (SDK) vulnerability
Realtek Jungle SDK contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities enabling remote code execution.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Memory corruption flaws in Realtek Jungle SDK allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. High EPSS score and active exploitation indicate immediate risk to deployed systems.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
18 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-12-10).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99857 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Realtek, Jungle Software Development Kit (SDK). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-78 OS Command Injection, CWE-138 CWE-138 — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft malicious input targeting memory corruption weaknesses in the SDK to trigger code execution.
Business
Attacker gains unauthorized code execution on systems running vulnerable Realtek Jungle SDK components.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I establish persistent access and move laterally within the compromised network infrastructure.
Business
Organization faces potential data exfiltration, system compromise, and operational disruption across connected devices.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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