CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-45105

Expired Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 13, 2024 | Modified: Sep 13, 2024

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45105
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/825.html

An internal product security audit discovered a UEFI SMM (System Management Mode) callout vulnerability in some ThinkSystem servers that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

Potential Mitigations

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-165524

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