01 Record
CVE-2021-3718
A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad models that could cause a system to crash when the Enhanced Biometrics setting is enabled in BIOS.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: lenovo
CNA base score4.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad models that could cause a system to crash when the Enhanced Biometrics setting is enabled in BIOS.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-11-12 22:05Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 17:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- lenovo
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-232Improper Handling of Undefined ValuesVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7561b42721257ee72e4f8b41631e96792c44c7a9af5f34375eeb9799e91d897b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.lenovo.comhttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-72619
07 Remediation
Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the Product Impact section in LEN-72619.