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CVE-2021-0188

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Return of pointer value outside of expected range in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Xeon E3-1220 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1220 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1225 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1225 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1230 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1235L V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1240 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1240L V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1245 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1245 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1260L V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1268L V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1270 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1270 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1275 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1275 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1280 V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1280 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1285 V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1501L V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1501M V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1505L V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1505L V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1505M V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1505M V6 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1515M V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1535M V5 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E3-1535M V6 Firmware: all versions

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220818-0003/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00601.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220818-0003/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00601.html

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