01 Record
CVE-2021-33626
A vulnerability exists in SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer(QWORD values for CommBuffer).
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A vulnerability exists in SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer(QWORD values for CommBuffer).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-11.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-10-01 02:21Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-11 12:22Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-05-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control SphereBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 30efbca4382e2e4e914868d5ff39e1f321d45a4387a2e5981bcb0897e7b62900
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.insyde.comhttps://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
- www.insyde.comhttps://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2021001
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0006/
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf
- www.kb.cert.orghttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-306654.html