CVE-2021-0157

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.09% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

501 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Insufficient control flow management in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–8.2

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.2highAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-691USCWE-94US

affected products (501)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HP BIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:bios:-
HPE ProLiantall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:proliant:-
HPE Synergyall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hpe:synergy:-
Intel BIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:intel:bios:sy0051
Lenovo Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:lenovo:lenovo_computer:-
n/a Intel(R) Processors≤ See referencesenisa_euvdEU
Intel Corp. 10th Generation Intel Coreall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. 11th Generation Intel Coreall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor familyall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. 7th Generation Intel Coreall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. 8th Generation Intel Coreall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Celeron N Seriesall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Core X-series Processorsall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Pentium Silver Seriesall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Xeon E3 v6all versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Xeon Processor E Familyall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Xeon W Processor Familyall versionsfstec_bduRU
intel celeron n2805all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n2805:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron n2806all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n2806:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron n2807all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n2807:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2327Intel BIOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2021-11-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Intel BIOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-11-17modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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