CVE-2021-3721 Denial of service in PCManager

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can trigger a blue screen error in Lenovo PCManager, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-3721?

CVE-2021-3721 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo PCManager, published on 22 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PCManager prior to version 4.0.20.10282 that could allow an attacker with local access to trigger a blue screen error.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3721?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lenovo Pcmanager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3721?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3721 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-3721 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3721 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j8c3-7w65-qf2g.

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