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01 Record

CVE-2021-23909

An issue was discovered in HERMES 2.1 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. The SH2 MCU allows remote code execution.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:L/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N

02 Description

An issue was discovered in HERMES 2.1 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. The SH2 MCU allows remote code execution.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-05-13 18:57Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 19:14Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-12
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:L/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
66af167b54095ab2e4e5a2be4a6e91c3454aedfdc0f82fe0f65c4891e4892747

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
mercedes-benza_220Not specified—
mercedes-benza_220_4maticNot specified—
mercedes-benze_350Not specified—
mercedes-benze_350_4maticNot specified—
mercedes-benzeqcNot specified—
mercedes-benzgle_350Not specified—
mercedes-benzgle_350_4maticNot specified—
mercedes-benzhermesNot specified—

06 References