CVE-2020-0522
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of...
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of network adapters before version 3.30 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of network adapters before version 3.30 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-0522- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of network adapters before version 3.30 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-0522- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2020 No score
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of network adapters before version 3.30 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2020- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqvh-4vgc-h9gf No score
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of...
Improper initialization in the firmware for the Intel(R) Ethernet I210 Controller series of network adapters before version 3.30 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
GHSA-gqvh-4vgc-h9gf- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0522 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Intel Ethernet Controller I210 Firmware, published February 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.