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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2021-39714 json

In ion_buffer_kmap_get of ion.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to an integer overflow.

published 2022-03-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-26071

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In ion_buffer_kmap_get of ion.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to an integer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-205573273References: Upstream kernel

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.12.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39714

  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1005.7
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1053.57
  • linux Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-229.263
  • linux-aws Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1109.115
  • linux-aws Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1145.160
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1110.120

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39714

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-39714 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: use-after-free due to an integer overflow in ion_buffer_kmap_get() in ion.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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