PT-2024-7298 · Intel · Intel Uefi Firmware

Yngweijw · Published 2024-09-10 · Updated 2024-09-20 · CVE-2023-42772

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Intel UEFI Firmware (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an untrusted pointer dereference in the UEFI firmware for some Intel reference processors. This could allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. The vulnerability is associated with the lack of checking the value of a pointer before it is dereferenced.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-822

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-08652

CVE-2023-42772

Affected Products

Intel Uefi Firmware

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42772 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-08652 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1836646496999215557 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1837008874467119502 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5751 · Telegram Post
• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01071.html · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1835726133981057337 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1837371261569388747 · Twitter Post
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0009 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1835724275996917760 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.277571 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1835761394362261634 · Twitter Post