CVE-2021-43615

moderate-risk
Published 2022-02-03

An issue was discovered in HddPassword in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.23, 5.2 before 05.26.23, 5.3 before 05.35.23, 5.4 before 05.43.22, and 5.5 before 05.51.22. An SMM memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.

Do I need to act?

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0.19% 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 8.2/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Insyde

References (9)

Third Party Advisory https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0010/
Vendor Advisory https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
Vendor Advisory https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022013
Third Party Advisory https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0010/
Vendor Advisory https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
Vendor Advisory https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022013
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611
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moderate-risk
Severity 25/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal