CVE-2021-3522

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

5.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2021-06-02 14:38Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-28 19:34Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-04-28

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8929dd1872090e8d7b53748d0384fa5331cd914ee47b51e528e19f7e01c1cf1d

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954761x_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-31https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO