Vulnerability · Published Dec 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42972
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
NoMachine Server is affected by Buffer Overflow. IOCTL Handler 0x22001B in the NoMachine Server above 4.0.346 and below 7.7.4 allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) via specially crafted I/O Request Packet.