CVE-2021-4147
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.24% (16th) EPSS
CVSS 4.9 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A malicious guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 4
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (11)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- netapp ontap select deploy administration utilityall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034195cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-4147/cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166928/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5399-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0004/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libvirt-denial-of-service-via-libxl-37169cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.0055cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022050308cnnvd
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220021-1/Patchcnnvd
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