CVE-2023-25521 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Nvidia	Dgx A100 Dgx A100 Firmware Dgx A800 Dgx A800 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:dgx_a100_firmware:*:*:*:*:sbios:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:dgx_a100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29473	NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5461

History

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-07-03T23:27:26.659Z

Updated: 2024-11-27T20:19:57.508Z

Reserved: 2023-02-07T02:57:17.086Z

Link: CVE-2023-25521

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:18.569Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-04T00:15:09.727

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:49:39.657

Link: CVE-2023-25521

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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