CVE-2023-34424 Denial of service in Intel(R) CSME

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel CSME firmware due to improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-34424?

CVE-2023-34424 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) CSME may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34424?

How do I fix CVE-2023-34424?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34424 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-34424 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2wqr-vwcq-3xp4.

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