CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-25078

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Published: May 15, 2024 | Modified: Jul 03, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A memory corruption vulnerability in StorageSecurityCommandDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O before kernel 5.2: IB19130163 in 05.29.07, kernel 5.3: IB19130163 in 05.38.07, kernel 5.4: IB19130163 in 05.46.07, kernel 5.5: IB19130163 in 05.54.07, and kernel 5.6: IB19130163 in 05.61.07 could lead to escalating privileges in SMM.

Weakness

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

Extended Description

An attacker can supply a pointer for memory locations that the product is not expecting. If the pointer is dereferenced for a write operation, the attack might allow modification of critical state variables, cause a crash, or execute code. If the dereferencing operation is for a read, then the attack might allow reading of sensitive data, cause a crash, or set a variable to an unexpected value (since the value will be read from an unexpected memory location). There are several variants of this weakness, including but not necessarily limited to:

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