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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-21198

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS 3.1
6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.15% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-367
Affected
intel/celeron 1000m firmware · intel/celeron 1005m firmware · intel/celeron 1007u firmware · intel/celeron 1017u firmware · intel/celeron 1019y firmware · intel/celeron 1020e firmware · intel/celeron 1020m firmware · intel/celeron 1037u firmware · intel/celeron 1047ue firmware · intel/celeron 2955u firmware · intel/celeron 2957u firmware · intel/celeron 2970m firmware · intel/celeron 2980u firmware · intel/celeron 2981u firmware · intel/celeron 3755u firmware · intel/celeron 3765u firmware · intel/celeron 3855u firmware · intel/celeron 3865u firmware · intel/celeron 3867u firmware · intel/celeron 3955u firmware · +40 more
Source
secure@intel.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.