CVE-2021-45417

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.49% (42nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
29 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

AIDE before 0.17.4 allows local users to obtain root privileges via crafted file metadata (such as XFS extended attributes or tmpfs ACLs), because of a heap-based buffer overflow.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (29)

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advisories (1)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2022-0249Red Hat Enterprise Linux (aide): Schwachstelle ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-02-07csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in aide ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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published 2022-01-20modified 2026-06-17
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references (37)

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