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CVE-2023-42772

Sept. 16, 2024, 6:03 p.m.

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

UEFI firmware for some Intel reference processors

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weaknesses

CWE-822
Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

CWE ID: 822

Date

Published: Sept. 16, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Sept. 16, 2024, 6:03 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

secure@intel.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
8.2
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.0
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.intel.com/ secure@intel.com