Vulnerability · Published Sep 21, 2021 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2021-29795
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in PowerVM Hypervisor from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW930, FW940, and FW950 could allow a local user to create a specially crafted sequence of hypervisor calls from a partition that could crash the system. IBM X-Force ID: 203557.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | PowerVM Hypervisor | FW930FW940FW950FW860 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6490877 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-powervm-cve202129795-dos (203557) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF