CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-5953

Published: Feb 03, 2022 | Modified: Apr 12, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability exists in System Management Interrupt (SWSMI) handler of InsydeH2O UEFI Firmware code located in SWSMI handler that dereferences gRT (EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) pointer to call a GetVariable service, which is located outside of SMRAM. This can result in code execution in SMM (escalating privilege from ring 0 to ring -2).

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.12.09.0074 (including) 5.12.09.0074 (including)
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.23.04.0045 (including) 5.23.04.0045 (including)
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.23.45.0023 (including) 5.23.45.0023 (including)
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.33.15.0034 (including) 5.33.15.0034 (including)
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.34.03.0029 (including) 5.34.03.0029 (including)
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.42.03.0010 (including) 5.42.03.0010 (including)

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