CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-0158

Improper Input Validation

Published: Nov 17, 2021 | Modified: Nov 22, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Celeron_n2840 Intel - -
Celeron_n4100 Intel - -
Celeron_n4000 Intel - -
Celeron_n3350 Intel - -
Celeron_n3450 Intel - -
Celeron_n3000 Intel - -
Celeron_n2940 Intel - -
Celeron_n2930 Intel - -
Celeron_n2830 Intel - -
Pentium_silver_j5005 Intel - -
Pentium_silver_n5000 Intel - -
Core_i3-10110u Intel - -
Core_i3-10110y Intel - -
Core_i3-1005g1 Intel - -
Core_i3-8145u Intel - -
Core_i3-8300 Intel - -
Core_i3-8100t Intel - -
Core_i3-8300t Intel - -
Core_i3-8109u Intel - -
Core_i3-8130u Intel - -
Core_i3-8100 Intel - -
Core_i3-8350k Intel - -
Core_i3-7100 Intel - -
Core_i3-7350k Intel - -
Core_i3-7300t Intel - -
Core_i3-7167u Intel - -
Core_i3-7300 Intel - -
Core_i3-7100h Intel - -
Core_i3-7320 Intel - -
Core_i3-7100t Intel - -
Core_i3-7100u Intel - -
Core_i5-10210u Intel - -
Core_i5-10310y Intel - -
Core_i5-10210y Intel - -
Core_i5-1035g4 Intel - -
Core_i5-1035g7 Intel - -
Core_i5-1035g1 Intel - -
Core_i5-8265u Intel - -
Core_i5-8200y Intel - -
Core_i5-8400t Intel - -
Core_i5-8300h Intel - -
Core_i5-8259u Intel - -
Core_i5-8269u Intel - -
Core_i5-8400b Intel - -
Core_i5-8500b Intel - -
Core_i5-8305g Intel - -
Core_i5-8400 Intel - -
Core_i5-8250u Intel - -
Core_i5-8350u Intel - -
Core_i5-7400 Intel - -
Core_i5-7500t Intel - -
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Core_i5-7600 Intel - -
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Core_i5-7267u Intel - -
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Core_i5-7440hq Intel - -
Core_i5-7287u Intel - -
Core_i5-7360u Intel - -
Core_i5-7200u Intel - -
Core_i5-7y54 Intel - -
Core_i7-10510u Intel - -
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Core_i7-8086k Intel - -
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Core_i7-8550u Intel - -
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Core_i7-7700t Intel - -
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Core_i7-7660u Intel - -
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Core_i7-7700 Intel - -
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Core_i7-7700k Intel - -
Core_i7-7920hq Intel - -
Core_i7-7820hq Intel - -
Core_i7-7500u Intel - -
Core_i9-7960x Intel - -
Core_i9-7940x Intel - -
Core_i9-7920x Intel - -
Core_i9-7900x Intel - -
Core_i7-7820x Intel - -
Core_i7-7800x Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1230_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1280_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1225_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1240_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1275_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1220_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1270_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1245_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1535m_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e3-1505m_v6 Intel - -
Xeon_e-2226g Intel - -
Xeon_e-2234 Intel - -
Xeon_e-2236 Intel - -
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Xeon_e-2276g Intel - -
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Xeon_e-2126g Intel - -
Xeon_e-2124 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2275 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2295 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2265 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2255 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2223 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2245 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2225 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2235 Intel - -
Xeon_w-3265m Intel - -
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Xeon_w-3275 Intel - -
Xeon_w-3245 Intel - -
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Xeon_w-3223 Intel - -
Xeon_w-3265 Intel - -
Xeon_w-3225 Intel - -
Xeon_w-3175x Intel - -
Xeon_w-2175 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2133 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2155 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2123 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2145 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2125 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2135 Intel - -
Xeon_w-2195 Intel - -
Xeon_e-2276m Intel - -
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Core_i5-8365u Intel - -
Core_i7-8665u Intel - -
Core_i7-8700t Intel - -
Core_i5-8600t Intel - -
Core_i5-8400h Intel - -
Xeon_e-2176m Intel - -
Xeon_e-2186m Intel - -
Core_i5-8600 Intel - -
Core_i5-8500 Intel - -
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Core_i7-7600u Intel - -
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Core_i5-7y57 Intel - -
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Xeon_e3-1505l_v6 Intel - -
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Core_i7-7820eq Intel - -
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Core_i7-8557u Intel - -
Core_i7-8700b Intel - -
Core_i7-8569u Intel - -
Core_i5-7442eq Intel - -
Core_i5-7440eq Intel - -
Core_i5-8210y Intel - -
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Xeon_w-3235 Intel - -
Core_i9-10900x Intel - -
Core_i9-10920x Intel - -
Core_i9-9900x Intel - -
Core_i9-9920x Intel - -
Core_i9-9960x Intel - -
Core_i9-9940x Intel - -
Core_i9-8950hk Intel - -
Pentium_silver_j5040 Intel - -
Pentium_silver_n5030 Intel - -
Celeron_n4120 Intel - -
Celeron_n4020 Intel - -
Celeron_n3350e Intel - -
Celeron_n3160 Intel - -
Celeron_n3150 Intel - -
Celeron_n3060 Intel - -
Celeron_n3050 Intel - -
Celeron_n3010 Intel - -
Celeron_n2920 Intel - -
Celeron_n2910 Intel - -
Celeron_n2820 Intel - -
Celeron_n2815 Intel - -
Celeron_n2810 Intel - -
Celeron_n2808 Intel - -
Celeron_n2807 Intel - -
Celeron_n2806 Intel - -
Celeron_n2805 Intel - -
Core_i5-8365ue Intel - -
Core_i5-8279u Intel - -
Core_i5-8257u Intel - -
Core_i3-8145ue Intel - -
Core_i3-8100h Intel - -
Core_i3-8100b Intel - -
Core_i3-7130u Intel - -
Core_i3-7102e Intel - -
Core_i3-7101e Intel - -
Core_i3-7101te Intel - -
Core_i3-7100e Intel - -
Core_i3-7020u Intel - -
Core_i5-1030g7 Intel - -
Core_i5-1030g4 Intel - -
Core_i3-1000g4 Intel - -
Core_i3-1000g1 Intel - -
Core_i7-1060g7 Intel - -
Core_i9-10940x Intel - -
Core_i9-9820x Intel - -
Core_i7-7740x Intel - -
Core_i5-7640x Intel - -
Core_i9-7980xe Intel - -
Core_i7-6800k Intel - -
Core_i7-6900k Intel - -
Core_i7-5930k Intel - -
Core_i7-5820k Intel - -
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Core_i7-4930k Intel - -
Core_i7-3820 Intel - -
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Core_i9-10980hk Intel - -
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Core_i9-10900kf Intel - -
Core_i9-10900k Intel - -
Core_i9-10900f Intel - -
Core_i9-10900e Intel - -
Core_i9-10900 Intel - -
Core_i9-10850k Intel - -
Core_i5-10600t Intel - -
Core_i5-10600kf Intel - -
Core_i5-10600k Intel - -
Core_i5-10600 Intel - -
Core_i5-10500te Intel - -
Core_i5-10500t Intel - -
Core_i5-10500e Intel - -
Core_i5-10500 Intel - -
Core_i5-10400t Intel - -
Core_i5-10400h Intel - -
Core_i5-10400f Intel - -
Core_i5-10400 Intel - -
Core_i5-1038ng7 Intel - -
Core_i5-10310u Intel - -
Core_i5-10300h Intel - -
Core_i5-10200h Intel - -
Core_i3-10320 Intel - -
Core_i3-10300t Intel - -
Core_i3-10300 Intel - -
Core_i3-10100te Intel - -
Core_i3-10100t Intel - -
Core_i3-10100f Intel - -
Core_i3-10100e Intel - -
Core_i3-10100 Intel - -
Core_i9-10885h Intel - -
Core_i3-8140u Intel - -
Core_i5-8260u Intel - -
Core_i9-10980xe Intel - -
Core_i9-9980xe Intel - -
Core_i7-9800x Intel - -
Core_i7-6950x Intel - -
Core_i7-6850k Intel - -
Core_i7-5960x Intel - -
Core_i7-4960x Intel - -
Core_i7-4940mx Intel - -
Core_i7-4930mx Intel - -
Core_i7-3970x Intel - -
Core_i7-3960x Intel - -
Core_i7-3940xm Intel - -
Core_i7-3930k Intel - -
Core_i7-3920xm Intel - -
Xeon_w-10885m Intel - -
Xeon_w-10855m Intel - -
Xeon_w-1290te Intel - -
Xeon_w-1290t Intel - -
Xeon_w-1290p Intel - -
Xeon_w-1290e Intel - -
Xeon_w-1290 Intel - -
Xeon_w-1270te Intel - -
Xeon_w-1270p Intel - -
Xeon_w-1270e Intel - -
Xeon_w-1270 Intel - -
Xeon_w-1250te Intel - -
Xeon_w-1250p Intel - -
Xeon_w-1250e Intel - -
Xeon_w-1250 Intel - -
Core_i7-1185g7 Intel - -
Core_i7-1165g7 Intel - -
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Core_i3-1115g4 Intel - -
Core_i3-1125g4 Intel - -
Core_i7-1160g7 Intel - -
Core_i5-1130g7 Intel - -
Core_i3-1120g4 Intel - -
Core_i3-1110g4 Intel - -
Celeron_n6211 Intel - -
Xeon_w-1350 Intel - -
Xeon_w-1350p Intel - -
Xeon_w-1370 Intel - -
Xeon_w-1370p Intel - -
Xeon_w-1390 Intel - -
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Xeon_w-11955m Intel - -
Xeon_w-11855m Intel - -
Core_i7-11370h Intel - -
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Xeon_gold_5318h Intel - -
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Xeon_gold_5320t Intel - -
Xeon_gold_5320 Intel - -
Xeon_gold_5315y Intel - -
Xeon_platinum_8352m Intel - -
Xeon_platinum_8362 Intel - -
Celeron_n4500 Intel - -
Celeron_n4505 Intel - -
Celeron_n5100 Intel - -
Celeron_n5105 Intel - -
Celeron_n6210 Intel - -
Pentium_silver_n6005 Intel - -
Pentium_silver_n6000 Intel - -
Core_i3-1115gre Intel - -
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Extended Description

Input validation is a frequently-used technique for checking potentially dangerous inputs in order to ensure that the inputs are safe for processing within the code, or when communicating with other components. When software does not validate input properly, an attacker is able to craft the input in a form that is not expected by the rest of the application. This will lead to parts of the system receiving unintended input, which may result in altered control flow, arbitrary control of a resource, or arbitrary code execution. Input validation is not the only technique for processing input, however. Other techniques attempt to transform potentially-dangerous input into something safe, such as filtering (CWE-790) - which attempts to remove dangerous inputs - or encoding/escaping (CWE-116), which attempts to ensure that the input is not misinterpreted when it is included in output to another component. Other techniques exist as well (see CWE-138 for more examples.) Input validation can be applied to:

Data can be simple or structured. Structured data can be composed of many nested layers, composed of combinations of metadata and raw data, with other simple or structured data. Many properties of raw data or metadata may need to be validated upon entry into the code, such as:

Implied or derived properties of data must often be calculated or inferred by the code itself. Errors in deriving properties may be considered a contributing factor to improper input validation.

Note that “input validation” has very different meanings to different people, or within different classification schemes. Caution must be used when referencing this CWE entry or mapping to it. For example, some weaknesses might involve inadvertently giving control to an attacker over an input when they should not be able to provide an input at all, but sometimes this is referred to as input validation. Finally, it is important to emphasize that the distinctions between input validation and output escaping are often blurred, and developers must be careful to understand the difference, including how input validation is not always sufficient to prevent vulnerabilities, especially when less stringent data types must be supported, such as free-form text. Consider a SQL injection scenario in which a person’s last name is inserted into a query. The name “O’Reilly” would likely pass the validation step since it is a common last name in the English language. However, this valid name cannot be directly inserted into the database because it contains the “'” apostrophe character, which would need to be escaped or otherwise transformed. In this case, removing the apostrophe might reduce the risk of SQL injection, but it would produce incorrect behavior because the wrong name would be recorded.

Potential Mitigations

  • Assume all input is malicious. Use an “accept known good” input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
  • When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, “boat” may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as “red” or “blue.”
  • Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code’s environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
  • For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
  • Even though client-side checks provide minimal benefits with respect to server-side security, they are still useful. First, they can support intrusion detection. If the server receives input that should have been rejected by the client, then it may be an indication of an attack. Second, client-side error-checking can provide helpful feedback to the user about the expectations for valid input. Third, there may be a reduction in server-side processing time for accidental input errors, although this is typically a small savings.
  • Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application’s current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180, CWE-181). Make sure that your application does not inadvertently decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked. Use libraries such as the OWASP ESAPI Canonicalization control.
  • Consider performing repeated canonicalization until your input does not change any more. This will avoid double-decoding and similar scenarios, but it might inadvertently modify inputs that are allowed to contain properly-encoded dangerous content.

References