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CVE-2021-38575

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38575 describes remotely exploitable buffer overflows within the NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe component of Insyde and TianoCore EDK2 and kernel products. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent severity warrants attention for affected systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 202105CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:insyde:kernel:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:insyde:kernel:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:insyde:kernel:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:insyde:kernel:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: edk2-0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: edk2-0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8_1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: edk2-0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.7-20210804.0.el8_4
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ovmf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-38575Important

edk2: remote buffer overflow in IScsiHexToBin function in NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe

Jun 8, 2021

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
bugzilla.tianocore.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
insyde.com / security-pledge/SA-2023025
Third Party Advisory