CVE-2017-2751

N/A
Published: October 3, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
69 products affected across 1 vendorHP 255 G3 FirmwareHP Spectre X2 13-smb Pro FirmwareHP Envy 100 Firmware

Using HP 240 G1 Notebook PC and certain other consumer notebooks by HP Inc.?

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with firmware F.22 and others. The BIOS password was stored in CMOS in a way that allowed it to be extracted. This applies to consumer notebooks launched in early 2014.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
hp-compaq-14-h000 (same device)
All versions
hp-compaq-14-s000 (same device)
All versions
hp-compaq-cq45-900 (same device)
v < f.48
Affected range stops below f.48, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-1000-1300 (same device)
v < f.45
Affected range stops below f.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-14-g000 (same device)
v < f.43
Affected range stops below f.43, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-14-r000 (same device)
v < f.43
Affected range stops below f.43, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-15-r000 (same device)
v < f.43
Affected range stops below f.43, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-15-r500 (same device)
v < f.48
Affected range stops below f.48, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-240-g1 (same device)
v < f.43
Affected range stops below f.43, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hp-hp-240-g3 (same device)

Remediation

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References (1)

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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