01 Record
CVE-2021-32847
Moby HyperKit uninitialized memory use in virtio-sock pci_vtsock_proc_tx
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Moby HyperKit uninitialized memory use in virtio-sock pci_vtsock_proc_tx
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- 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
- 2023-02-20 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-10 21:09Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-05-12
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0042702c043761940faa0f19875af3230e10f298b8fcb2e8f4a8c2e3729b66e4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitylab.github.comhttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-058-moby-hyperkit/
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/hyperkit/blob/2f061e447e1435cdf1b9eda364cea6414f2c606b/src/lib/pci_virtio_block.c#L316
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/cf60095a4d8c3cb2e182a14415467afd356e982f