Security News > 2021 > February > Intel Patches Tens of Vulnerabilities in Software, Hardware Products
Intel on Tuesday announced the release of updates that patch tens of vulnerabilities across many of the company's software and hardware products.
The chipmaker's Patch Tuesday updates for February 2021 were described in 19 advisories, including four that cover high-severity vulnerabilities.
In its graphics drivers, Intel patched nearly two dozen vulnerabilities, including five high-severity bugs that can be exploited by authenticated attackers - four of them allow privilege escalation and one can be exploited for DoS attacks.
Intel also informed customers about five vulnerabilities in Server Board, Server System and Compute Modules Baseboard Management Controller products, including two high-severity privilege escalation issues.
Software and firmware updates have been released by Intel to patch these vulnerabilities.
Many of the vulnerabilities disclosed this week were discovered by Intel employees.