What is CVE-2021-33117?

CVE-2021-33117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-33117?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Bios

CVE-2021-33117

Improper access control for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors before BIOS version MR7, may allow a local attacker to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Intel Bios
Intel Xeon_gold_5315y
Intel Xeon_gold_5317
Intel Xeon_gold_5318h
Intel Xeon_gold_5318n
Intel Xeon_gold_5318s
Intel Xeon_gold_5318y
Intel Xeon_gold_5320
Intel Xeon_gold_5320h
Intel Xeon_gold_5320t

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33117?: CVE-2021-33117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-33117?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.