7.5

CVE-2022-21216: intel atom_c5310_firmware

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-21216UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21216DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21216
Published 16-02-2023Last modified 13-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-21216 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in intel atom_c5310_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 6

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel(R) Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent network access.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Intel66 products
Alpine1 product
  • intel-ucode< 20230214-r0
Debian1 product
  • intel-microcode< 3.20230214.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • intel-microcodeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.20230214.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 | < 3.20230214.0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 3.20230214.0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 3.20230214.0ubuntu0.22.04.1

4 vendors · 69 products

References

8 links