CVE-2021-0188: Intel Xeon e3-1220 v5 Firmware

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

Return of pointer value outside of expected range in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

Intel Xeon e3-1220 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1220 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1225 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1225 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1230 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1230 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1235l v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1240 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1240 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1240l v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1245 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1245 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1260l v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1268l v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1270 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1270 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1275 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1275 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1280 v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1280 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1285 v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1501l v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1501m v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1505l v5 Firmware: affected versions not specified
Intel Xeon e3-1505l v6 Firmware: affected versions not specified
and 12 more

Published 2022-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.