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Expired Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-45105

Severity Medium
Score 6.7/10

Summary

An internal product security audit discovered a UEFI SMM (System Management Mode) callout vulnerability in some ThinkSystem servers that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.

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

CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference

The program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published