CVE-2023-6215

HP Sure Start IFD Protection - BIOS Security Update

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: October 7, 2025 at 02:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSure Start

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Sure Start’s protection of the Intel Flash Descriptor in certain HP PC products, which might allow security bypass, arbitrary code execution, loss of integrity or confidentiality, or denial of service. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

7.2HIGHhp
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-306

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