What is CVE-2021-0051?

CVE-2021-0051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom P5921b, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-0051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Intel Atom P5921b

CVE-2021-0051

Improper input validation in the Intel(R) SPS versions before SPS_E5_04.04.04.023.0, SPS_E5_04.04.03.228.0 or SPS_SoC-A_05.00.03.098.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2021-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00500.html (Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0001/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-0051?: CVE-2021-0051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom P5921b, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-0051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.