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01 Record

CVE-2021-21540

Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain a stack-based overflow vulnerability. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to overwrite configuration

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: dell
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

02 Description

Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain a stack-based overflow vulnerability. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to overwrite configuration

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
1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 66.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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
2021-04-30 20:55Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 20:01Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-04
Assigning CNA
dell
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5ef98636a3ec007f448bd69261762ce24760e2b00e91b8e45591037618b05ae5

05 Affected products

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06 References