{"id":"CVE-2017-2751","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2751","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:56.471Z","title":"A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with firmware F.22 and others.","description":"A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with firmware F.22 and others. The BIOS password was stored in CMOS in a way that allowed it to be extracted. This applies to consumer notebooks launched in early 2014.","published":"2018-10-03T20:29:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:16:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"hp-security-alert@hp.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["hp/hp 240 g1 firmware","hp/hp 245 g1 firmware","hp/hp 1000-1300 firmware","hp/hp 250 g1 notebook pc firmware","hp/hp 255 g1 notebook pc firmware","hp/hp envy 15-j000 firmware","hp/hp envy 15-j100 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 15-n000 firmware","hp/hp 246 firmware","hp/hp 455 firmware","hp/hp envy 17 j100 firmware","hp/hp envy 17-j100 leap motion se firmware","hp/hp split 13-g200 firmware","hp/hp envy 100 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 14-n000 firmware","hp/hp envy 14-k100 firmware","hp/hp spectre x2 13-smb pro firmware","hp/hp spectre 13-h200 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 15-n200 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 15-n300 firmware","hp/hp envy m6-n000 firmware","hp/hp 255 g3 firmware","hp/hp 14-g000 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 11-n000 firmware","hp/hp 15-r000 firmware","hp/hp 15-r500 firmware","hp/hp pavilion 10-f000 firmware","hp/hp g14-a000 firmware","hp/hp 14-r000 firmware","hp/hp 240 g3 firmware","hp/hp 246 g3 firmware","hp/compaq cq45-900 firmware","hp/compaq 14-h000 firmware","hp/compaq 14-s000 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01074,"percentile":0.64769,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05913581","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"hp-security-alert@hp.com"},{"url":"https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05913581","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2751","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}