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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3718

A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad models that could cause a system to crash when the Enhanced Biometrics setting is enabled in BIOS.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad models that could cause a system to crash when the Enhanced Biometrics setting is enabled in BIOS.

CVSS 3.1
4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.22% probability · 12th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-232
Affected
lenovo/thinkpad 11e 3rd gen firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 11e 4th gen i3 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 11e 4th gen i7 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 11e 4th gen i5 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 11e 4th gen celeron firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 11e yoga gen 6 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad 13 gen 2 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad e490 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad e490s firmware · lenovo/thinkpad e590 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l13 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l13 gen 2 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l13 yoga firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l13 yoga gen 2 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l14 gen 1 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l14 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l15 gen 1 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l15 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l380 firmware · lenovo/thinkpad l380 yoga firmware · +19 more
Source
psirt@lenovo.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.22%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.