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CVE-2021-45971

HIGH

8.2

Description

An issue was discovered in SdHostDriver in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 before 05.43.25, and 5.5 before 05.51.25. A vulnerability exists in the SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer (CommBufferData).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.2

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published1/6/2022

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

insyde:insydeh2o

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0004/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge(cve@mitre.org)

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0004/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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