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high 7.8

CVE-2021-0084 json

Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers X722 and 800 series Linux RMDA driver before version 1.3.19 may allow an aut…

published 2021-08-11 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-2703

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers X722 and 800 series Linux RMDA driver before version 1.3.19 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

  • intel ethernet_controller_e810_firmware 1.4.11
  • intel x722da2_firmware 1.3.19
  • intel x722da4fh_firmware 1.3.19
  • intel x722da4g1p5_firmware 1.3.19

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-0084 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers X722 and 800 series Linux RMDA driver

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers X722 and 800 series Linux RMDA driver

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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