Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-43247

High

Published: 15 December 2021

Published
15 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0070 72.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-43247 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 27.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows TCP/IP Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10
1809, 1909, 2004, 20h2, 21h1
microsoft
windows 11
all versions
microsoft
windows server
2022, 20h2
microsoft
windows server 2016
2004
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References