01 Record
CVE-2021-20041
An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: sonicwall
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-12-08 09:55Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 17:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- sonicwall
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e62379a20ab17c85de1a686c0bf45a8e03caa72ecdcc80c6d521bf9bbe3ef6cf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SonicWallSonicWall SMA1009.0.0.11-31sv and earlier, 10.2.0.8-37sv and earlier, 10.2.1.1-19sv and earlier, 10.2.1.2-24sv and earlier—
06 References
- psirt.global.sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0026