HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2025-10-06Vulnerability

CVE-2021-22555

Linux Kernel contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space.

Properties

Euvd product
Linux kernel
Vulnerability name
Linux Kernel Heap Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
First seen
2025-12-30T20:32:33+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.78684
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2025-10-27
Euvd assigner
Google
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2025-10-06
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
7.8
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
8.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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