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01 Record

CVE-2021-21279

Infinite loop in IPv6 neighbor solicitation processing

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

02 Description

Infinite loop in IPv6 neighbor solicitation processing

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
0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 61.7% 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
2021-06-18 20:40Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-22
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
ed4c0a4f765fba51543505e6111a644d6c1bc6a8228005ecfa7158d302fb0cea

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
contiki-ngcontiki-ng< 4.6—

06 References