DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38160

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CVE-2021-38160
Published: 07 Aug 2021, 04:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Aug 2021, 04:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior

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

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.46-5 | < 5.14.6-1 | < 5.14.6-1 | < 5.14.6-1

References (1)