CVE-2014-4768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) on Flex System x880 X6, System x3850 X6, and System x3950 X6 devices allows remote authenticated users to cause an unspecified temporary denial of service by using privileged access to enable a legacy boot mode.

Published: 2015-06-28

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:uefi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x3850_x6::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x3950_x6::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x880_x6::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-4687	IBM Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) on Flex System x880 X6, System x3850 X6, and System x3950 X6 devices allows remote authenticated users to cause an unspecified temporary denial of service by using privileged access to enable a legacy boot mode.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5098278

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Flex System X3850 X6 Flex System X3950 X6 Flex System X880 X6 Uefi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2015-06-28T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:27:36.680Z

Reserved: 2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4768

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-28T22:59:00.080

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:10:34.367

Link: CVE-2014-4768

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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