CVE-2021-0159
At a glance Severity HIGH 7.8 EPSS EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 19 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2022-05-12 Updated 2025-05-05 Assigner intel NVD status Modified 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) CVSS 2.0 HIGH 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Weaknesses (CWE)
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CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3204_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3206r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5215_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5215l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5217_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218b_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5220_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5220r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5220s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5220t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5222_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5315y_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5317_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318h_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318y_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5320_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5320h_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5320t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6208u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6209u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6210u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6212u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6222v_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6226_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6226r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6230_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6230n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6230r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6230t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6234_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6238_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6238l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6238r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6238t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+89 more Affected products
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