CVE-2021-41789
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could...
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could lead to remote denial of service from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20190426015; Issue ID: GN20190426015.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could lead to remote denial of service from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20190426015; Issue ID: GN20190426015.
- Record
CVE-2021-41789- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.1 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could lead to remote denial of service from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20190426015; Issue ID: GN20190426015.
- Record
CVE-2021-41789- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28797 No score
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could lead to remote denial of service from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20190426015; Issue ID: GN20190426015.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28797- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q52m-g3r7-w437 No score
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could...
In wifi driver, there is a possible system crash due to a missing validation check. This could lead to remote denial of service from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20190426015; Issue ID: GN20190426015.
- Record
GHSA-q52m-g3r7-w437- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2021-41789 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mediatek Mt7615 Firmware, published January 4, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.