CVE-2021-28664

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2021-11-17.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

5.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2021-05-10 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:25Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-03-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

df2e10c7f51dcc1d3360ebdeb5c38e462fd6d3386d8d8ca69ecea01550b573d2

• developer.arm.comhttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• developer.arm.comhttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver
• developer.arm.comhttps://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28664government-resource