CVE-2021-0159

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.27% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

142 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper input validation in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.4highAV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-20USprimaryCWE-20US

affected products (142)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

AMD Prozessorall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:amd:amd_processor:-
AMD Prozessor Athlonall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:amd:amd_processor:athlon
AMD Prozessor EPYCall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:amd:amd_processor:epyc
AMD Prozessor Ryzenall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:amd:amd_processor:ryzen
Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
HP Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:computer:-
HPE ProLiantall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:proliant:-
Lenovo Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:lenovo:lenovo_computer:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
n/a Intel(R) Processors≤ See referencesenisa_euvdEU
Intel Corp. 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processorall versionsfstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor familyall versionsfstec_bduRU
intel xeon bronze 3204 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3204_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon bronze 3206r firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3206r_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon gold 5215 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5215_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon gold 5215l firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5215l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon gold 5217 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5217_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon gold 5218 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon gold 5218b firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0073AMD Prozessoren: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-05-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in AMD Prozessoren ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und Daten zu manipulieren.

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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 2022-05-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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