CVE-2021-3718 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-3718

Vendor Lenovo

Product ThinkPad BIOS

Weakness CWE-232

Published November 12, 2021

Last update August 3, 2024

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Physical

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad models that could cause a system to crash when the Enhanced Biometrics setting is enabled in BIOS.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 12, 2021 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3718 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/232.html