What is CVE-2021-29997?

CVE-2021-29997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-29997?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Windriver Vxworks

CVE-2021-29997

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 before 21.03. A specially crafted packet may lead to buffer over-read on IKE.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Windriver Vxworks
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29997?: CVE-2021-29997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-29997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.