Improper initialization in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.48.ce3e3bd…

published 2021-06-09 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17195

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper initialization in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.48.ce3e3bd2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel baseboard_management_controller_firmware 2.48.ce3e3bd2

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Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules

Classification

Weakness

CWE-665 Improper Initialization

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00476.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24475
NVD CVE-2020-24475

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