What is CVE-2021-33075?

CVE-2021-33075 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Optane Memory H10 With Solid State Storage, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-33075?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Optane Memory H10 With Solid State Storage

CVE-2021-33075

Race condition in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD, Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC and Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2022-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.1% 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-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00563.html (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
www.solidigm.com/content/dam/newco-aem-site/master/site/support/Solidigm SA-000… (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33075?: CVE-2021-33075 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Optane Memory H10 With Solid State Storage, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-33075?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.