CVE-2021-3971

Medium

Description

A potential vulnerability by a driver used during older manufacturing processes on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices that was mistakenly included in the BIOS image could allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify firmware protection region by modifying an NVRAM variable.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductLenovo Ideapad 3-14ada05 Firmware
PublishedApr 22, 2022
First seenApr 22, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-489CWE-489

How to fix

Update
  • lenovo ideapad_3-14ada05_firmwaree8cn33ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-14ada6_firmwarehbcn21ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-14alc6_firmwareglcn43ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-14are05_firmwaredzcn42ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-15ada6_firmwarehbcn21ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-15alc6_firmwareglcn43ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-15are05_firmwaredzcn42ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-15igl05_firmwaredvcn23ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-17ada05_firmwaree8cn33ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-17ada6_firmwarehbcn21ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-17alc6_firmwareglcn43ww or later
  • lenovo ideapad_3-17are05_firmwaredzcn42ww or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lenovo ideapad_3-14ada05_firmwarev < e8cn33wwe8cn33ww
lenovo ideapad_3-14ada6_firmwarev < hbcn21wwhbcn21ww
lenovo ideapad_3-14alc6_firmwarev < glcn43wwglcn43ww
lenovo ideapad_3-14are05_firmwarev < dzcn42wwdzcn42ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15ada6_firmwarev < hbcn21wwhbcn21ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15alc6_firmwarev < glcn43wwglcn43ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15are05_firmwarev < dzcn42wwdzcn42ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15igl05_firmwarev < dvcn23wwdvcn23ww
lenovo ideapad_3-17ada05_firmwarev < e8cn33wwe8cn33ww
lenovo ideapad_3-17ada6_firmwarev < hbcn21wwhbcn21ww
lenovo ideapad_3-17alc6_firmwarev < glcn43wwglcn43ww
lenovo ideapad_3-17are05_firmwarev < dzcn42wwdzcn42ww
lenovo ideapad_3-17iil05_firmwarev < emcn52wwemcn52ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15ada05_firmwarev < e8cn33wwe8cn33ww
lenovo l3-15itl6_firmwarev < gfcn23wwgfcn23ww
lenovo l340-15irh_firmwarev < bgcn35wwbgcn35ww
lenovo l340-15iwl_firmwarev < atcn46wwatcn46ww
lenovo l340-15iwl_touch_firmwarev < atcn46wwatcn46ww
lenovo l340-17irh_firmwarev < bgcn35wwbgcn35ww
lenovo l340-17iwl_firmwarev < atcn46wwatcn46ww
lenovo legion_5_pro-16ach6_firmwarev < hhcn25wwhhcn25ww
lenovo legion_5_pro-16ach6h_firmwarev < gkcn51wwgkcn51ww
lenovo legion_5_pro-16ith6_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_5_pro-16ith6h_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_5-15ach6_firmwarev < hhcn25wwhhcn25ww
lenovo legion_5-15ach6a_firmwarev < g9cn28wwg9cn28ww
lenovo legion_5-15ach6h_firmwarev < gkcn51wwgkcn51ww
lenovo legion_5-15ith6_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_5-15ith6h_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_5-17ach6_firmwarev < hhcn25wwhhcn25ww
lenovo legion_5-17ach6h_firmwarev < gkcn51wwgkcn51ww
lenovo legion_5-17ith6_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_5-17ith6h_firmwarev < h1cn46wwh1cn46ww
lenovo legion_7-16achg6_firmwarev < gkcn51wwgkcn51ww
lenovo legion_7-16ithg6_firmwarev < gkcn51wwgkcn51ww
lenovo legion_y540-15irh_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y540-15irh-pg0_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y540-17irh_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y540-17irh-pg0_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y545_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y545-pg0_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y7000-2019_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo legion_y7000-2019-pg0_firmwarev < bhcn44wwbhcn44ww
lenovo s145-14api_firmwarev < bucn31wwbucn31ww
lenovo s145-14ast_firmwarev < aycn26wwaycn26ww
lenovo s145-14igm_firmwarev < awcn28wwawcn28ww
lenovo s145-14iil_firmwarev < dkcn54wwdkcn54ww
lenovo s145-15api_firmwarev < bucn31wwbucn31ww
lenovo s145-15ast_firmwarev < aycn26wwaycn26ww
lenovo s145-15igm_firmwarev < awcn28wwawcn28ww
lenovo s145-15iil_firmwarev < dkcn54wwdkcn54ww
lenovo s540-13api_firmwarev < cxcn34wwcxcn34ww
lenovo v14_g2-acl_firmwarev < glcn43wwglcn43ww
lenovo v14-ada_firmwarev < e8cn33wwe8cn33ww
lenovo v14-are_firmwarev < dzcn42wwdzcn42ww
lenovo v14-igl_firmwarev < dvcn23wwdvcn23ww
lenovo v14-iil_firmwarev < dkcn54wwdkcn54ww
lenovo v140-15iwl_firmwarev < atcn46wwatcn46ww
lenovo v15_g2-alc_firmwarev < glcn43wwglcn43ww
lenovo v15-ada_firmwarev < e8cn33wwe8cn33ww
lenovo v15-igl_firmwarev < dvcn23wwdvcn23ww
lenovo v15-iil_firmwarev < dkcn54wwdkcn54ww
lenovo v17-iil_firmwarev < emcn52wwemcn52ww
lenovo v340-17iwl_firmwarev < atcn46wwatcn46ww
lenovo yoga_slim_7_pro-14ach5_d_firmwarev < hecn24wwhecn24ww
lenovo yoga_slim_7_pro-14ach5_od_firmwarev < hecn24wwhecn24ww
lenovo ideapad_3-14iil05_firmwarev < dvcn23wwdvcn23ww
lenovo ideapad_3-14igl05_firmwarev < emcn52wwemcn52ww
lenovo ideapad_3-15iil05_firmwarev < emcn52wwemcn52ww
lenovo ideapad_5-15are05_firmwarev < e7cn44wwe7cn44ww
lenovo ideapad_creator_5-15imh05_firmwarev < egcn36wwegcn36ww
lenovo ideapad_gaming_3-15arh05_firmwarev < fccn17wwfccn17ww
lenovo ideapad_gaming_3-15imh05_firmwarev < egcn36wwegcn36ww

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CVE-2021-3971 · Lenovo Ideapad 3-14ada05 Firmware · Dark Radar