CVE-2021-3736

Published Aug 23, 2022

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak problem was found in mbochs_ioctl in samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices. This flaw could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com: CWE-200
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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]

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