CVE-2021-38937
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the...
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the system to crash using a specially crafted IBMi Hypervisor call. IBM X-Force ID: 210894.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the system to crash using a specially crafted IBMi Hypervisor call. IBM X-Force ID: 210894.
- Record
CVE-2021-38937- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:C/C:N/A:H/AC:H/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25374
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the system to crash using a specially crafted IBMi Hypervisor call. IBM X-Force ID: 210894.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25374- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:C/C:N/A:H/AC:H/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q983-m4fh-gqhm No score
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the...
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the system to crash using a specially crafted IBMi Hypervisor call. IBM X-Force ID: 210894.
- Record
GHSA-q983-m4fh-gqhm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW940, FW950, and FW1010 could allow an authenticated user to cause the system to crash using a specially crafted IBMi Hypervisor call. IBM X-Force ID: 210894.
- Record
CVE-2021-38937- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38937 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor, published December 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.