CVE-2021-38917
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW940, and FW950 could allow an attacker that gains service access to the FSP can read and write arbitrary host system memory through a series of carefully crafted service procedures. IBM X-Force ID: 210018.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.4–9.4
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affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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references (7)
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- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38917cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010Vendor Advisorynvd
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