Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-41500

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 December 2021

Published
17 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-41500 is a high-severity Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697) vulnerability in Cvxopt Project Cvxopt. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cvxopt project
cvxopt
≤ 1.2.6
fedoraproject
fedora
34

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References