CVE-2021-0002 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Intel Ethernet Controller E810 Firmware

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsCWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-362 — Race Condition9 documents6 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Intel Ethernet Controller E810 FirmwareFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedAug 11
Latest updateJun 18

Description

Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 800 series Linux drivers before version 1.4.11 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure or denial of service via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages1 packages

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q3r6-wj52-xqg8: Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 800 series Linux drivers before version 1↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-0002: Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 800 series Linux drivers before version 1↗2021-08-11
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 - Unauthenticated File Upload↗2021-03-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: drm/i915: fix null pointer dereference↗2025-06-18
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Red Hat
kernel: Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 800 series Linux drivers↗2021-08-11
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VMware
VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2021-21973, CVE-2021-21974)↗2021-02-23
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