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CVE-2021-33033

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.57%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2021-33033
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.57%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The Linux kernel before 5.11.14 has a use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c because the CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions is mishandled, aka CID-ad5d07f4a9cd. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

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