CWE-1231Base

Improper Prevention of Lock Bit Modification

Stable in the CWE catalog · 3 CVEs mapped

3
CVEs mapped
6.7
Median CVSS
What it is

The product uses a trusted lock bit for restricting access to registers, address regions, or other resources, but the product does not prevent the value of the lock bit from being modified after it has been set.

Recent examples
6.7cvss
CVE-2025-52536

Improper Prevention of Lock Bit Modification in SEV firmware could allow a privileged attacker to downgrade firmware potentially resulting in a loss of…

Improper Prevention of Lock Bit Modification in SEV firmware could allow a privileged attacker to downgrade firmware potentially resulting in a loss of integrity.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
7.5cvss
CVE-2024-36354

Improper input validation for DIMM serial presence detect (SPD) metadata could allow an attacker with physical access, ring0 access on a system with a…

Improper input validation for DIMM serial presence detect (SPD) metadata could allow an attacker with physical access, ring0 access on a system with a non-compliant DIMM, or control over the Root of Trust for BIOS update, to bypass SMM isolation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution at the SMM level.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
6.0cvss
CVE-2022-42285

DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability in the Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI)phase, where a privileged user can disable SPI flash protection, which may lead to…

DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability in the Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI)phase, where a privileged user can disable SPI flash protection, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, or data tampering.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-1231
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Stable
References (2)