CVE-2021-43267

high-risk
Published 2021-11-02

An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.

Do I need to act?

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72.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 27% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

67
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate