CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-43522

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

18th percentile - higher than 18% of all known CVEs

Summary

An issue was discovered in InsydeH2O with kernels 5.1 through 5.3 (up to 2021-11-08). A StorageSecurityCommandDxe SMM memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM, potentially escalating privileges to SMM.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could write data to SMRAM, potentially leading to privilege escalation and SMM control.

Recommendation

Update InsydeH2O firmware to a version newer than 2021-11-08 for the affected kernels.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 through 2021-11-08, 5.2 through 2021-11-08, and 5.3 through 2021-11-08. A StorageSecurityCommandDxe SMM memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.

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