What is CVE-2021-0132?

CVE-2021-0132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Secl-Dc, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-0132?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Secl-Dc

CVE-2021-0132

Missing release of resource after effective lifetime in an API for the Intel(R) Security Library before version 3.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00521.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-0132?: CVE-2021-0132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Secl-Dc, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-0132?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.