CVE-2024-42446 (GCVE-0-2024-42446)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-13 14:02 – Updated: 2025-05-13 15:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
TOCTOU in SmmWhea
Summary
APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 15:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-05-13 14:01
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