Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2021
CVE-2021-3718
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
4.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TB
ThinkPad BIOS · Lenovo
various · source: vendor
T1
Thinkpad 11e 3rd Gen Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.22; through 1.29 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e 4th Gen Celeron Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.27 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e 4th Gen I3 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.22 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e 4th Gen I5 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.22 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e 4th Gen I7 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.22 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e 5th Gen Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.13; through 1.13 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 11e Yoga Gen 6 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.12 · source: NVD
T1
Thinkpad 13 Gen 2 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.29 · source: NVD
TE
Thinkpad E490 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.30 · source: NVD
TE
Thinkpad E490s Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.30 · source: NVD
TE
Thinkpad E590 Firmware · Lenovo
through 1.30 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3718
Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-72619
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