CVE-2021-0180 Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Intel HAXM allows local attackers to cause denial of service and potentially escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-0180?
CVE-2021-0180 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) HAXM software, published on 17 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable privilege escalation via local access.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0180?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-0180?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-0180 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) HAXM software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5r3m-gwp8-pfxc.