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Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38917

CVE-2021-38917

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW940, and FW950 could allow an attacker that gains service access to the FSP can read and write arbitrary host system memory through a series of carefully crafted service procedures. IBM X-Force ID: 210018.

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Affected products

5
  • IBM/Powervm Hypervisor5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw860:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw860:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw950:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: FW860, FW940, and FW950
    • (no CPE)range: FW940

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