What is CVE-2024-23594?

CVE-2024-23594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Windows 7 And 8 Pc Preloads, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-23594?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-23594 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Lenovo Windows 7 And 8 Pc Preloads

CVE-2024-23594

A buffer overflow vulnerability was reported in a system recovery bootloader that was part of the Lenovo preloaded Windows 7 and 8 operating systems from 2012 to 2014 that could allow a privileged attacker with local access to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lenovo Windows 7 And 8 Pc Preloads — versions various

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@lenovo.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23594?: CVE-2024-23594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Windows 7 And 8 Pc Preloads, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-23594?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-23594 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.