CVE-2021-42778

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

2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2022-04-18 16:20Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 21:45Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-10-21

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or ReleaseClass
• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

99d389fd97c98e7547482ca58c3ef8483d6e730846c44b1683f4f47328cc0888

• bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28185x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016083x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/f015746dx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202209-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html