Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2025 · Assigned by AMI

CVE-2024-42444TOCTOU Race Condition between DMA and SMM

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in AptioV from AMI. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a TOCTOU Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to execution of arbitrary code on the target device.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AMI AptioV BKS_5.0 – through BKS_5.38

Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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