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CVE-2021-0146

hw: INTEL-SA-00528

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 9, 2021

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Hardware allows activation of test and debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Statement

The required microcode update is to be applied during system firmware initialisation stage and the fix is not OS-loadable as communicated by Intel.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE not specified