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CVE-2021-0190

• 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-755

Description

Uncaught exception 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 Core I9-10900X Firmware: all versions
• Intel Core I9-10920X Firmware: all versions
• Intel Core I9-10940X Firmware: all versions
• Intel Core I9-10980Xe Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1603 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1607 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1620 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1630 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1660 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-1680 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2603 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2608L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2609 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2618L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2623 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2628L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2630 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2630L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2637 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2640 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2643 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2648L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2650 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2650L V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2658 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2660 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2667 V4 Firmware: all versions
• Intel Xeon E5-2679 V4 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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