CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-33625

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in InsydeH2O Kernel 5.x affecting HddPassword. Software SMI services using Communicate() do not validate buffer addresses, allowing use of SMRAM, MMIO, or OS kernel addresses.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit invalid buffer addresses to access critical memory areas, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update InsydeH2O to a patched version.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Kernel 5.x in Insyde InsydeH2O, affecting HddPassword. Software SMI services that use the Communicate() function of the EFI_SMM_COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL do not check whether the address of the buffer is valid, which allows use of SMRAM, MMIO, or OS kernel addresses.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS