CVE-2023-43573

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 8, 2023 at 10:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:26 AM UTC
223 products affected across 1 vendorThinkstation P920 Workstation FirmwareThinkcentre M625Q FirmwareIdeacentre G5-14imb05 Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A buffer overflow was reported in the LEMALLDriversConnectedEventHook module in some Lenovo Desktop products that may allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.

Affected

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

v < o4fkt39a
Affected range stops below o4fkt39a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-3-07ada05 (same device)
v < m2vkt21a
Affected range stops below m2vkt21a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-3-07imb05 (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideacentre-5-14acn6 (same device)
v < m42kt46a
Affected range stops below m42kt46a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-5-14iab7 (same device)
v < o4hkt3ca
Affected range stops below o4hkt3ca, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-5-14imb05 (same device)
v < m3gkt3da
Affected range stops below m3gkt3da, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-5-14iob6 (same device)
v < m4ukt36a
Affected range stops below m4ukt36a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-5-14irb8 (same device)
v < o5akt34a
Affected range stops below o5akt34a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-21itl7 (same device)
v < o5nkt33a
Affected range stops below o5nkt33a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-22iap7 (same device)
v < o56kt24a
Affected range stops below o56kt24a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-22iil5 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUMlenovo
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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