CVE-2023-20578

A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications…

High · published August 13, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow

an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the

BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications buffer potentially

resulting in arbitrary code execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00116 · 1.5th percentile
Published
2024-08-13T16:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 16:52Z
    A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications…
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