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CVE-2021-0153: INTEL-SA-00601
Out-of-bounds write in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.
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2022.1 IPU - BIOS Advisory
**Summary: **
Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware or BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege or information disclosure. Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-0154
Description: Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0153
Description: Out-of-bounds write in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-33123
Description: Improper access control in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0190
Description: Uncaught exception in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-33122
Description: Insufficient control flow management in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.9 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0189
Description: Use of out-of-range pointer offset in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-33124
Description: Out-of-bounds write in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-33103
Description: Unintended intermediary in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0159
Description: Improper input validation in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVEID: CVE-2021-0188
Description: Return of pointer value outside of expected range in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVEID: CVE-2021-0155
Description: Unchecked return value in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
Product Collection
Vertical Segment
CPU ID
Platform ID
CVE ID
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Server
50657
BF
CVE-2021-0159, CVE-2021-0189, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family
Server
50654
B7
CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Rocket Lake Xeon
Server, Workstation
A0671
02
CVE-2021-33103, CVE-2021-33122, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family
Server
5065B
5065B
CVE-2021-0159, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® Hybrid Technology
Mobile
806A1
10
CVE-2021-33122
10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family
Mobile
706E5
80
Intel® Pentium® Silver N6000 Processor Family, Intel® Celeron® N4000 and N5000 Processor Families
Client
906C0
01
9th Generation Intel® Core Processor Family
Client
A0671
02
CVE-2021-33103, CVE-2021-33122, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
Client
A0653
A0655
01
22
CVE-2021-33103, CVE-2021-33122, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
Client
806EC
A0652
A0653
A0655
A0655
A0660
A0661
94
20
22
01
22
80
80
8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
Mobile
806EB 806EC
D0
94
CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
Mobile Desktop
906EA,
906EB,
906ED
02
22
7th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
Client
806E9,
806EA,
906E9,
806E9,
806EC
C0
C0
2A
10
94
Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Desktop
906E9
2A
CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family
Workstation
50654
B7
Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family
Workstation
50657
BF
Intel® Xeon® Processor E Family
Server
Workstation
906E, 906ED
22
CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0189, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v6 Family
Server
Workstation
906E9
2A
CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0188, CVE-2021-0189, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Server
Workstation
506E3
36
Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Workstation
406F1
EF
CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0155, CVE-2021-0189, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family
Server
50665
10
CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0155, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Intel® Xeon® Processor D Family
Server
50662
10
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Server
406F1
EF
CVE-2021-0153, CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0155, CVE-2021-0190, CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124
Recommendations:
Intel recommends that users of listed Intel® Processors update to the latest versions provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
Acknowledgements:
The following issues were found internally by Intel employees; CVE-2021-0153, CVE-2021-0154, CVE-2021-0155, CVE-2021-0159, CVE-2021-0188, CVE-2021-0189, CVE-2021-0190, CVE-2021-33103, and CVE-2021-33122. Intel would like to thank Jorge E. Gonzalez Diaz and Nicholas Armour.
Intel would like to thank Hugo Magalhaes from Oracle (CVE-2021-33123, CVE-2021-33124) for reporting these issues.
Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.
Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.0
05/10/2022
Initial Release
1.1
05/11/2022
Removed incorrect CVE number
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