CVE-2021-3659: fedoraproject fedora Unchecked Return Value
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.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 22 · Related 20Timeline
- 22-08-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
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
- codeready_linux_builderna
- enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0
- enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems8.0
- enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus8.6
- enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus8.6
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.10.38-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel< 5.12
5 vendors · 69 products