CVE-2021-41289 ASUS P453UJ - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Local attackers can corrupt BIOS memory buffers to bypass integrity checks, causing the ASUS P453UJ device to fail to boot.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-41289?
CVE-2021-41289 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ASUS P453UJ BIOS, published on 15 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ASUS P453UJ contains the Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability. With a general user’s permission, local attackers can modify the BIOS by replacing or filling in the content of the designated Memory DataBuffer, which causing a failure of integrity verification and further resulting in a failure to boot.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41289?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Asus P453uj Bios.
How do I fix CVE-2021-41289?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2021-41289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54xx-r3gg-3rvf.