CVE-2021-38205

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 23
Modified
Published: 08 Aug 2021, 19:23
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 01:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Aug 2021, 19:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 01:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-824•Access of Uninitialized Pointer

    The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.13.3

References (4)