CVE-2024-10253 Race condition in App Store
Medium 4.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10253 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-10253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo App Store, published on 14 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Lenovo App Store. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10253/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10253/index.md)
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in Lenovo PC Manager, Browser, and App Store to cause a system crash.
- 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-2024-10253?
CVE-2024-10253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo App Store, published on 14 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A potential TOCTOU vulnerability was reported in PC Manager, Lenovo Browser, and Lenovo App Store that could allow a local attacker to cause a system crash.
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10253?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10253?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-10253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3825-9v33-mrxq.