01 Record
CVE-2021-21557
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and select Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an out-of-bounds array access vulnerability. A local malicious user with high privileges may potentially exploit this
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: dell
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
02 Description
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and select Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an out-of-bounds array access vulnerability. A local malicious user with high privileges may potentially exploit this
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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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
- 2021-06-14 19:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- dell
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 443ca8291d9872624563c5dd167cff6f8d3e2c1255bbd93da36775ef13a263c2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.dell.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000187958