CVE-2021-37576

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 45
Modified
Published: 26 Jul 2021, 21:35
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 01:23

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jul 2021, 21:35
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 01:23
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 4%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    33 | 34

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.10, < 4.4.277 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.277 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.241 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.199 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.136 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.54 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.13.6

References (7)