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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-29997 · published 13 April 2021

CVE-2021-29997: Windriver vxworks out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Windriver · Vxworks

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 before 21.03. A specially crafted packet may lead to buffer over-read on IKE.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.0% · top 37.5% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 before 21.03. A specially crafted packet may lead to buffer over-read on IKE.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2021-29997 Vendor Advisory
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices Vendor Advisory
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2021-29997 Vendor Advisory
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-29997), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.