CVE-2021-47135: mt76: mt7921: fix possible AOOB issue in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 6919e8a24e70b6ba148fe07f44f835bcdd1a8d02, d874e6c06952382897d35bf4094193cd44ae91bd.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 6919e8a24e70b6ba148fe07f44f835bcdd1a8d02, d874e6c06952382897d35bf4094193cd44ae91bd or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix possible AOOB issue in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report Fix possible array out of bound access in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report. Remove unnecessary varibable in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report
- Published
- Mar 15, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 12th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-129
Report tools
Action score
31
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · Linux
- 7.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.12affected
- 1c099ab44727c8e42fe4de4d91b53cec3ef02860 and later · before 6919e8a24e70b6ba148fe07f44f835bcdd1a8d02affected · git
- 1c099ab44727c8e42fe4de4d91b53cec3ef02860 and later · before d874e6c06952382897d35bf4094193cd44ae91bdaffected · git
- before 5.12not affected · semver
- 5.12.10 and later · up to and including 5.12.*not affected · semver
- 5.13 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.12 and later · before 5.12.10
- linux linux kernel5.13
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 6919e8a24e70b6ba148fe07f44f835bcdd1a8d02 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | d874e6c06952382897d35bf4094193cd44ae91bd | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2021-4754870 days apartethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc: fix a possible array overflow in hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port()39Monitor
- CVE-2023-2008336 days apartKernel: udmabuf: improper validation of array index leading to local privilege escalation32Monitor
- CVE-2023-525949 days apartwifi: ath9k: Fix potential array-index-out-of-bounds read in ath9k_htc_txstatus()31Monitor
- CVE-2023-525999 days apartjfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diNewExt31Monitor
- CVE-2023-526019 days apartjfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree31Monitor
- CVE-2023-526039 days apartUBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dtSplitRoot31Monitor
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-24-0205 · Mar 20, 2024(Linux Kernel Güncellemesi)
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array IndexCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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