CVE-2023-40540
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may...
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2023-40540- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1303
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-45111
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2023-45111- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gmf-mp9h-g5xw
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may...
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
GHSA-2gmf-mp9h-g5xw- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1303
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2023-40540- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1303
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- intel nuc 11 enthusiast kit nuc11phki7c firmware
- intel nuc 11 enthusiast mini pc nuc11phki7caa firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi30z firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi3 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi50z firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi70z firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11pahi7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11paki3 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11paki5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance kit nuc11paki7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 performance mini pc nuc11paqi50wa firmware
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- intel nuc 11 performance mini pc nuc11paqi70qa firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi30z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi3 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi50z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi70z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbi7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbv5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro board nuc11tnbv7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi30l firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi30p firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi30z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi3 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi50l firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi50w firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi50z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi70l firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi70q firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi70z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhi7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhv50l firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhv5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhv70l firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnhv7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnki30z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnki3 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnki50z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnki5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnki70z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnkv50z firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnkv5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro kit nuc11tnkv7 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro mini pc nuc11tnkv5 firmware
- intel nuc 11 pro mini pc nuc11tnkv7 firmware
- intel nuc 9 extreme laptop kit lapqc71a firmware
- intel nuc 9 extreme laptop kit lapqc71b firmware
- intel nuc 9 extreme laptop kit lapqc71c firmware
- intel nuc 9 extreme laptop kit lapqc71d firmware
- intel nuc m15 laptop kit lapbc510 firmware
- intel nuc m15 laptop kit lapbc710 firmware
- intel nuc x15 laptop kit lapkc51e firmware
- intel nuc x15 laptop kit lapkc71e firmware
- intel nuc x15 laptop kit lapkc71f 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-2023-40540 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Intel Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c Firmware, published November 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.