Out-of-bounds Read in Lenovo Desktop Bios, Smart Edge Thinkstation Bios

CVE-2023-25494

A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-25494: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25494?
CVE-2023-25494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Desktop Bios, Smart Edge Thinkstation Bios, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-25494?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.