CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-0159

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-05-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-05-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Improper input validation in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.

Affected configurations

• intel xeon bronze 3204 firmware • intel xeon bronze 3206r firmware • intel xeon gold 5215 firmware • intel xeon gold 5215l firmware • intel xeon gold 5217 firmware • intel xeon gold 5218 firmware • intel xeon gold 5218b firmware • intel xeon gold 5218n firmware • intel xeon gold 5218r firmware • intel xeon gold 5218t firmware • intel xeon gold 5220 firmware • intel xeon gold 5220r firmware • intel xeon gold 5220s firmware • intel xeon gold 5220t firmware • intel xeon gold 5222 firmware • intel xeon gold 5315y firmware • intel xeon gold 5317 firmware • intel xeon gold 5318h firmware • intel xeon gold 5318n firmware • intel xeon gold 5318s firmware • intel xeon gold 5318y firmware • intel xeon gold 5320 firmware • intel xeon gold 5320h firmware • intel xeon gold 5320t firmware • intel xeon gold 6208u firmware • intel xeon gold 6209u firmware • intel xeon gold 6210u firmware • intel xeon gold 6212u firmware • intel xeon gold 6222v firmware • intel xeon gold 6226 firmware • intel xeon gold 6226r firmware • intel xeon gold 6230 firmware • intel xeon gold 6230n firmware • intel xeon gold 6230r firmware • intel xeon gold 6230t firmware • intel xeon gold 6234 firmware • intel xeon gold 6238 firmware • intel xeon gold 6238l firmware • intel xeon gold 6238r firmware • intel xeon gold 6238t firmware • intel xeon gold 6240 firmware • intel xeon gold 6240l firmware • intel xeon gold 6240r firmware • intel xeon gold 6240y firmware • intel xeon gold 6242 firmware • intel xeon gold 6242r firmware • intel xeon gold 6244 firmware • intel xeon gold 6246 firmware • intel xeon gold 6246r firmware • intel xeon gold 6248 firmware • intel xeon gold 6248r firmware • intel xeon gold 6250 firmware • intel xeon gold 6250l firmware • intel xeon gold 6252 firmware • intel xeon gold 6252n firmware • intel xeon gold 6254 firmware • intel xeon gold 6256 firmware • intel xeon gold 6258r firmware • intel xeon gold 6262v firmware • intel xeon gold 6312u firmware … and 69 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References