CVE-2021-0189
At a glance Severity HIGH 7.8 EPSS EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2022-05-12 Updated 2025-05-05 Assigner intel NVD status Modified
Description Use of out-of-range pointer offset in the BIOS firmware 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)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1558l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1565l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1578l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1585_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1585l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1515m_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1545m_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1575m_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1220_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1225_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1230_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1235l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1240_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1240l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1245_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1260l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1268l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1270_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1275_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1280_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1505l_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1505m_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1535m_v5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1285_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1501l_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1501m_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1220_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1225_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1230_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1240_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1245_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1270_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1275_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1280_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1505l_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1505m_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e3-1535m_v6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e7-8894_v4_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e7-4809_v4_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_e7-4820_v4_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+128 more
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