5.5

CVE-2021-3659: fedoraproject fedora Unchecked Return Value

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3659DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3659
Published 22-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-3659 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 22 · Related 20

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking subsystem in the way the user closes the LR-WPAN connection. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu53 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-239.273 | < 4.15.0-144.148 | < 5.4.0-74.83
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1117.123 | < 4.4.0-1155.170 | < 4.15.0-1103.110 | < 5.4.0-1049.51
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.4< 5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1
Redhat13 products
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.10.38-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Linux1 product

5 vendors · 69 products

References

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