CVE-2021-0127

Publication date 9 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

Insufficient control flow management in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that some Intel processors may not implement sufficient control flow management. This may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 3.20220207.1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.21.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [early microcode loading not allowed]

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Notes


alexmurray

Updates available in upstream release https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/tag/microcode-20220207

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5486-1
    • Intel Microcode vulnerabilities
    • 20 June 2022
    • USN-5535-1
    • Intel Microcode vulnerabilities
    • 28 July 2022

Other references