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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2025-10238

During an internal security assessment, a potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in the BIOS of some ThinkPad products could allow a privileged local user to execute code in System Management Mode (SMM).

HIGH 8.4EPSS 0.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

During an internal security assessment, a potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in the BIOS of some ThinkPad products could allow a privileged local user to execute code in System Management Mode (SMM).

CVSS 4.0
8.4 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.12% probability · 2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Source
psirt@lenovo.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.