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CVE-2021-3659

Published: Aug 22, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-252
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 82.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-252CWE-476

Affected Products

Kerneln/a
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
and 14 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1165affd484889d4986cf3b724318935a0b120d8
git.kernel.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975949
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3659
access.redhat.com
and 13 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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