CRITICAL 9.8 Microsoft PoC

CVE-2021-43267

An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Nov: An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.

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Published: 2021-11-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2021-11-09 via Microsoft. 🚨 A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. EPSS score: 57.6% (top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.78.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.10.78.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2021-11-09 · 1745 days ago
Public PoC Exploit AvailableWeaponised proof-of-concept code is publicly accessible

Remediation Resources

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