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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2015-5684

High
9.8/10

Summary

MITRE is populating this ID because it was assigned prior to Lenovo becoming a CNA. A buffer overflow vulnerability was reported, (fixed and publicly disclosed in 2015) in the Lenovo Service Engine (LSE), affecting various versions of BIOS for Lenovo Notebooks, that could allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the system.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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