Is CVE-2021-29997 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-29997 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-29997?

CVE-2021-29997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-29997?

CVE-2021-29997 has an EPSS score of 1.03% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29997?

Upgrade vxworks to 21.03 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-29997

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 before 21.03. A specially crafted packet may lead to buffer over-read on IKE.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

vxworksNVD

Affected:>= 7.0, < 21.03Fixed in:21.03CVE-2021-29997derived 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

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.03%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	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.