CVE-2024-23594 (GCVE-0-2024-23594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-15 18:01 – Updated: 2024-09-06 22:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-07 15:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Lenovo Windows 7 and 8 PC Preloads Affected: various
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lenovo preload_directory Affected: 7 , ≤ 8 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:preload_directory:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Lenovo thanks Zammis Clark for reporting this issue.
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