CVE-2021-25227 json
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scann…
published 2021-02-04 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-12138
- cvss
- 3.3
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability - i.e. the attacker must already have access to the target system (either legitimately or via another exploit).
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
helpcenter.trendmicro.com
/en-us/article/TMKA-10191
patch, vendor-advisory
-
zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-21-102/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-25227
- NVD CVE-2021-25227
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