CVE-2021-42739

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2021-42739

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

6.7

EPSS

0.44%

Linux

Original NVD Description

The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandles bounds checking.