CVE-2021-28438
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-28438- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-15117
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-15117- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gfpw-6725-96v8
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28443.
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28443.
- Record
GHSA-gfpw-6725-96v8- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Console Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-28438- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1803
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server version 2004
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows server, version 1909 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows server 2016
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-28438 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803, published April 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.