CVE-2021-47536

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

0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 46.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

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

2024-05-24 15:09Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:48Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-24

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9958fb240c623d0fda18a0431c2484b88a8e53f611e59471ca7cda910fb05b06

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77731fede297a23d26f2d169b4269466b2c82529
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95518fe354d712dca6f431cf2a11b8f63bc9a66c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789b6cc2a5f9123b9c549b886fdc47c865cfe0ba