CVE-2021-0146

Publication date 17 November 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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Status

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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	Fixed 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	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	6.8 · Medium
Attack vector	Physical
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H