CVE-2022-21198
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.9 High
- Published
- Nov 11, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 18, 2022
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.9 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H | intel |
Weaknesses
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Intel(R) Processorsn/a |
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References
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