CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-25079

HIGH
7.4
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in HddPassword in Insyde InsydeH2O kernel 5.2 before 05.29.09, kernel 5.3 before 05.38.09, kernel 5.4 before 05.46.09, kernel 5.5 before 05.54.09, and kernel 5.6 before 05.61.09 could lead to escalating privileges in SMM.

How to fix

Remediation Available
insydeh2oNVD
Affected:>= 5.6, < 5.61.09Fixed in:5.61.09CVE-2024-25079derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2
Embed a live status badge for CVE-2024-25079
CVE-2024-25079 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2024-25079](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-25079.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-25079)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-25079"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-25079.svg" alt="CVE-2024-25079"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-04.