Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2024 · Assigned by lenovo

CVE-2024-23594

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in Windows 7 and 8 PC Preloads from Lenovo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was reported in a system recovery bootloader that was part of the Lenovo preloaded Windows 7 and 8 operating systems from 2012 to 2014 that could allow a privileged attacker with local access to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Lenovo Windows 7 and 8 PC Preloads various

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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