Security Advisory

CVE-2021-22555

8.3
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space
Published Date July 7, 2021
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory