CVE-2021-0159: Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper input validation in the BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Bronze 3206r Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5215l Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218b Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218n Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218r Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218t Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220r Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220t Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5222 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5315y Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5317 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5318h Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5318n Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5318s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5318y Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5320h Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 5320t Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Intel Xeon Gold 6208u Firmware: affected versions not specified
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Published 2022-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.