Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42205
Medium 4.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
ELAN Miniport touchpad Windows driver before 24.21.51.2, as used in PC hardware from multiple manufacturers, allows local users to cause a system crash by sending a certain IOCTL request, because that request is handled twice.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-703 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H