CVE-2021-22555 (GCVE-0-2021-22555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-07 11:20 – Updated: 2025-12-30 20:32
VLAI?
Title
Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE
Summary
A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux Kernel Affected: 2.6.19-rc1 , < unspecified (custom)
Credits
Andy Nguyen
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