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CVE-2021-45486

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45486 is an information leak vulnerability affecting the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel prior to version 5.12.4, specifically within the net/ipv4/route.c file due to a small hash table. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a low severity, and requires local access with low privileges over an adjacent network to potentially disclose sensitive information. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:22.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_exposure_function:22.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 85 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 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 (16)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.88.1-2 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.88.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18928-16820Fixed in: 5.10.88.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18929-16823Fixed in: 5.15.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 5.10.88.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 5.10.88.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.2.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.2.1-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.65.1.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.65.1.rt7.137.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2021-45486

CVE-2021-45486

Jan 11, 2022
microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2021-45486Low

In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4 net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak because the hash table is very small.

Dec 14, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-45486Moderate

kernel: information leak in the IPv4 implementation

Mar 24, 2021

References

arxiv.org / pdf/2112.09604.pdf
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.4
Release NotesVendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/net/ipv4/route.c
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory