Is CVE-2021-42986 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-42986 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-42986?

CVE-2021-42986 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-42986?

CVE-2021-42986 has an EPSS score of 0.48% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-42986?

Upgrade enterprise client to 7.7.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-42986

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NoMachine Enterprise Client is affected by Integer Overflow. IOCTL Handler 0x22001B in the NoMachine Enterprise Client above 4.0.346 and below 7.7.4 allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) via specially crafted I/O Request Packet.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

enterprise clientNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.346, < 7.7.4Fixed in:7.7.4CVE-2021-42986derived 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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

sentinelone.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	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.