Is CVE-2021-22010 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-22010 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-22010?

CVE-2021-22010 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-22010?

CVE-2021-22010 has an EPSS score of 1.58% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22010?

Upgrade cloud foundation to 5.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-22010

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in VPXD service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VPXD service.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud foundationNVD

Affected:>= 3.0, < 5.0Fixed in:5.0CVE-2021-22010derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.