CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-33034

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.82%

54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, leading to writing an arbitrary value.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write an arbitrary value to memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to version 5.12.4 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS