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CVE-2021-3623

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3623 is an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in libtpms, affecting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. This flaw can be triggered by specially crafted TPM 2 command packets containing illegal values, leading to an out-of-bounds read or write when the TPM 2's volatile state is handled. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and its primary impact is on system availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtpms_project:libtpms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.7.0, < 0.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtpms_project:libtpms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.8.0, < 0.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtpms_project:libtpms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: virt:av/libtpms
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: virt:8.2/libtpms
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: virt:8.3/libtpms

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3623Moderate

libtpms: out-of-bounds access when trying to resume the state of the vTPM

Jun 21, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / stefanberger/libtpms/commit/2e6173c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / stefanberger/libtpms/commit/2f30d62
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / stefanberger/libtpms/commit/7981d9a
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / stefanberger/libtpms/pull/223
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7KZSYMTE7Z4BBEZUWO2DIMQDWMGEP46