CVE-2021-41289

low-risk
Published 2021-11-15

ASUS P453UJ contains the Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability. With a general user’s permission, local attackers can modify the BIOS by replacing or filling in the content of the designated Memory DataBuffer, which causing a failure of integrity verification and further resulting in a failure to boot.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.3/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

P453Uj Bios

Affected Vendors

Asus

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://www.asus.com/tw/supportonly/P453UJ/HelpDesk_BIOS/
Third Party Advisory https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5284-35790-1.html
Vendor Advisory https://www.asus.com/tw/supportonly/P453UJ/HelpDesk_BIOS/
Third Party Advisory https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5284-35790-1.html
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal