vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-42739
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 20, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 20, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Oct 10, 2025
Description
The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandles bounds checking.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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