CVE-2021-0116 vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published on February 9, 2022
Out-of-bounds write in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-0116 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2021-0116 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-0116
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Exploit Probability
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