CVE-2022-21198 HIGH

CVE-2022-21198

Vendor N/A
Product Intel(R) Processors
Published November 11, 2022
Last update February 4, 2025

CVSS base score

7.9/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 11, 2022 CVE published
February 4, 2025 Record updated