# CVE-2021-0182: Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software

> Uncontrolled resource consumption in Intel HAXM allows local attackers to cause denial of service and potentially disclose information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Nov 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2hj6-m35h-cfcc

## What is CVE-2021-0182?

CVE-2021-0182 is a medium-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 information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0182?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-0182?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0182 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-0182 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) HAXM software

- [CVE-2021-0180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0180/): Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-21812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21812/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) HAXM software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-5683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5683/): Privilege escalation in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-0182 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-0182 is a medium-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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) HAXM software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0182/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0182/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0182
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0182
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-0182

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0182/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.