VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-41839
Because of an Untrusted Pointer Dereference that causes SMM memory corruption, an attacker may be able to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM.
HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in NvmExpressDxe in the kernel 5.0 through 5.5 in Insyde InsydeH2O. Because of an Untrusted Pointer Dereference that causes SMM memory corruption, an attacker may be able to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- insyde/insydeh2o
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0016/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledgeVendor Advisory
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022020Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0016/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledgeVendor Advisory
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022020Vendor Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-306654.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.