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CVE-2021-45971
An issue was discovered in SdHostDriver in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4…
High8.2EPSS 0.29%
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Description
An issue was discovered in SdHostDriver in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 before 05.43.25, and 5.5 before 05.51.25. A vulnerability exists in the SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer (CommBufferData).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-306654.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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