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CVE-2021-43899

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-43899 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Microsoft 4K Wireless Display Adapter and its firmware. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, media coverage indicates it was part of a Patch Tuesday that addressed actively exploited zero-days, and community discussion suggests notable attention, despite no public exploit code being available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.9520.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:wireless_display_adapter_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft 4K Wireless Display AdapterFixed in: 3.9520.47
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2021-43899Critical

Microsoft 4K Wireless Display Adapter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 14, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43899
PatchVendor Advisory