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CVE-2021-33061 (GCVE-0-2021-33061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-09 22:04 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:52
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient control flow management for the Intel(R) 82599 Ethernet Controllers and Adapters may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:21 UTC
CWE
  • denial of service
  • NVD-CWE-Other
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Intel(R) 82599 Ethernet Controllers and Adapters Affected: See references
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