CVE-2021-43412

high

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. libports accepts fake notification messages from any client on any port, which can lead to port use-after-free. This can be exploited for local privilege escalation to get full root access.

References

https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd%40gnu.org/msg32116.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2021-05/msg00079.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-11-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00044