What is CVE-2021-33079?

CVE-2021-33079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ssd 600p, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2022-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-33079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Ssd 600p

CVE-2021-33079

Protection mechanism failure in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Published 2022-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.5% 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-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

www.solidigm.com/content/dam/newco-aem-site/master/site/support/Solidigm SA-000… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33079?: CVE-2021-33079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ssd 600p, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2022-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-33079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.