Resource exhaustion in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager - CVE-2021-0180
Published: October 13, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57341
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0180
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and gain elevated privileges on the target system.
Affected software
Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2021-0180
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager - update to 7.6.6