What is CVE-2017-3198?

CVE-2017-3198 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gigabyte Gb-bsi7h-6500, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-3198?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gigabyte Gb-bsi7h-6500

CVE-2017-3198

GIGABYTE BRIX UEFI firmware does not cryptographically validate images prior to updating the system firmware. Additionally, the firmware updates are served over HTTP. An attacker can make arbitrary modifications to firmware images without…

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gigabyte Gb-bsi7h-6500 — versions F6
Gigabyte Gb-bsi7h-6500_firmware — versions f6
Gigabyte Gb-bxi7-5775 — versions F2
Gigabyte Gb-bxi7-5775_firmware — versions f2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3198?: CVE-2017-3198 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gigabyte Gb-bsi7h-6500, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-3198?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.