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Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVE-2020-8354

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

A potential vulnerability in the SMI callback function used in the VariableServiceSmm driver in some Lenovo Notebook models may allow arbitrary code execution.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published