CVE-2021-42739

medium

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel FireDTV media card driver, where the user calls the CA_SEND_MSG ioctl. This flaw allows a local user of the host machine to crash the system or escalate privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

References

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/[email protected]/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951739

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220804-0001/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-10-20

Updated: 2022-11-07

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.8

Severity: MEDIUM