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CVE-2021-0180

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable privilege escalation via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager: before 7.6.6 — fixed in 7.6.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager 7.6.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00544.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00544.html

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