CVE-2021-21724
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory...
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory release in certain scenarios, a local attacker with device permissions repeatedly attenuated the optical signal to cause memory leak and abnormal service. This affects: ZXR10 8900E, all versions up to V3.03.20R2B30P1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory release in certain scenarios, a local attacker with device permissions repeatedly attenuated the optical signal to cause memory leak and abnormal service. This affects: ZXR10 8900E, all versions up to V3.03.20R2B30P1.
- Record
CVE-2021-21724- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory release in certain scenarios, a local attacker with device permissions repeatedly attenuated the optical signal to cause memory leak and abnormal service. This affects: ZXR10 8900E, all versions up to V3.03.20R2B30P1.
- Record
CVE-2021-21724- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8896No score
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory release in certain scenarios, a local attacker with device permissions repeatedly attenuated the optical signal to cause memory leak and abnormal service. This affects: ZXR10 8900E, all versions up to V3.03.20R2B30P1.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8896- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fqjw-rgv6-j77qNo score
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory...
A ZTE product has a memory leak vulnerability. Due to the product's improper handling of memory release in certain scenarios, a local attacker with device permissions repeatedly attenuated the optical signal to cause memory leak and abnormal service. This affects: ZXR10 8900E, all versions up to V3.03.20R2B30P1.
- Record
GHSA-fqjw-rgv6-j77q- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21724 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Zte Zxr10 8900e Firmware, published February 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.