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01 Record

CVE-2021-21995

OpenSLP as used in ESXi has a denial-of-service vulnerability due a heap out-of-bounds read issue. A malicious actor with network access to port 427 on ESXi may be able to trigger a heap out-of-bounds

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: vmware
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

OpenSLP as used in ESXi has a denial-of-service vulnerability due a heap out-of-bounds read issue. A malicious actor with network access to port 427 on ESXi may be able to trigger a heap out-of-bounds

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
0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 61.2% 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
2021-07-13 18:05Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:30Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-04
Assigning CNA
vmware
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
50a897c6f8ebf786a981d18e38b0c7ff5745518e7ef1c56cef750d6c6b170748

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aVMware ESXi and VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi(7.0 before ESXi70U2-17630552, 6.7 before ESXi670-202103101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202107401-SG) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x before 3.10.2)—

06 References