CVE-2023-5912 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Lenovo	Notebook

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Vendors	Products
Lenovo	Notebook

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.

Fixes

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

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

No history.

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 : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:45.660

Link: CVE-2023-5912

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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