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CVE-2021-45451

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45451 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Mbed TLS versions prior to 3.1.0, specifically impacting arm mbed_tls and fedoraproject mbed_tls. It allows for policy bypass or oracle-based decryption due to the psa_aead_generate_nonce function exposing sensitive memory locations to untrusted applications. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v3.1.0
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IL66WKJGXY5AXMTFE7QDMGL3RIBD6PX5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TALJHOYAYSUJTLN6BYGLO4YJGNZUY74W