CVE-2023-42766 (GCVE-0-2023-42766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-19 20:03 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:19
VLAI?
Summary
Improper input validation in some Intel NUC 8 Compute Element BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • escalation of privilege
  • CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel NUC 8 Compute Element BIOS firmware Affected: See references
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