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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
LenovoThinkPad BIOSvarious—

06 References

07 Remediation

Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the Product Impact section in LEN-72619.