CVE-2023-4029
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad...
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad products which may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad products which may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2023-4029- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-53922
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad products which may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
EUVD-2023-53922- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2fr9-5jx9-gcx9
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad...
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad products which may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
GHSA-2fr9-5jx9-gcx9- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A buffer overflow has been identified in the BoardUpdateAcpiDxe driver in some Lenovo ThinkPad products which may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2023-4029- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- lenovo thinkpad
- lenovo k14 type 21cu firmware
- lenovo k14 type 21cv firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad e15 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l14 gen 2 firmware
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- lenovo thinkpad l14 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l14 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p14s gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 gen 6 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 gen 7 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 gen 8 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 6 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 7 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 8 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14s gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 gen 2 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4029 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Lenovo Thinkpad, published August 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.