CVE-2017-2751
A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-2751- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-2751- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11894 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-11894- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-82wv-qvfh-pqc2
A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with...
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.
- Record
GHSA-82wv-qvfh-pqc2- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- hp compaq 14-h000 firmware
- hp compaq 14-s000 firmware
- hp compaq cq45-900 firmware
- hp 1000-1300 firmware
- hp 14-g000 firmware
- hp 14-r000 firmware
- hp 15-r000 firmware
- hp 15-r500 firmware
- hp 240 g1 firmware
- hp 240 g3 firmware
- hp 245 g1 firmware
- hp 246 firmware
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- hp 246 g3 firmware
- hp 250 g1 notebook pc firmware
- hp 255 g1 notebook pc firmware
- hp 255 g3 firmware
- hp 455 firmware
- hp envy 100 firmware
- hp envy 14-k100 firmware
- hp envy 15-j000 firmware
- hp envy 15-j100 firmware
- hp envy 17-j100 leap motion se firmware
- hp envy 17 j100 firmware
- hp envy m6-n000 firmware
- hp g14-a000 firmware
- hp pavilion 10-f000 firmware
- hp pavilion 11-n000 firmware
- hp pavilion 14-n000 firmware
- hp pavilion 15-n000 firmware
- hp pavilion 15-n200 firmware
- hp pavilion 15-n300 firmware
- hp spectre 13-h200 firmware
- hp spectre x2 13-smb pro firmware
- hp split 13-g200 firmware
- hp inc. 240 g1 notebook pc and certain other consumer notebooks
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | BaderSZ/CVE-2017-2751 | 2020-01-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-2751 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Hp Compaq 14-h000 Firmware, published October 3, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.07%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.