CVE-2021-42554: InsydeH2O Vulnerability in NetApp Products
This NetApp advisory covers CVE-2021-42554 in FAS/AFF BIOS - A300/8200/C190/A220/2720/2750/A150 and FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500.
- CVE-2021-42554
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 7.5
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Advisory id
- NTAP-20220216-0007
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Multiple NetApp products incorporate InsydeH20. Certain InsydeH20 versions are susceptible to an SMM memory corruption vulnerability allowing a possible attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM.
Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information or addition or modification of data.
Affected products: FAS/AFF BIOS - A300/8200/C190/A220/2720/2750/A150, FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.
Text from the source record.
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