CVE-2021-29482

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

1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 72.9% 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

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2021-04-28 18:15Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 22:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-03-30

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

3c9cc1ab15d3f8457f04913ec3eb669398fbb55b1a52d53cc7b2bca604ba2b35

• github.comhttps://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/security/advisories/GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/commit/69c6093c7b2397b923acf82cb378f55ab2652b9bx_refsource_MISC