CVE-2023-5912 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A potential memory leakage vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo Notebook products that may allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.

Published: 2024-04-05

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Lenovo

Notebook BIOS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`various`	affected	—

No data.

No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Lenovo	Notebook	—	—

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the advisory: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-155477

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58185	A potential memory leakage vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo Notebook products that may allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

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 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-155477

History

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Subscriptions

Lenovo Notebook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2024-04-05T20:45:00.681Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.668Z

Reserved: 2023-11-01T19:35:12.721Z

Link: CVE-2023-5912

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.668Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-05T21:15:08.210

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-5912

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:09:34Z

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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