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CVE-2017-5691

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families,...

9.0 Critical

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families, Intel Xeon E3-1500M v5 and v6 Product Families, and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Families allows compromised system firmware to impact SGX security via incorrect early system state.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.44%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.0

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families, Intel Xeon E3-1500M v5 and v6 Product Families, and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Families allows compromised system firmware to impact SGX security via incorrect early system state.

Record
CVE-2017-5691
CVSS 3.0
9.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families, Intel Xeon E3-1500M v5 and v6 Product Families, and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Families allows compromised system firmware to impact SGX security via incorrect early system state.

Record
CVE-2017-5691
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14768 No score

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families, Intel Xeon E3-1500M v5 and v6 Product Families, and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Families allows compromised system firmware to impact SGX security via incorrect early system state.

Record
EUVD-2017-14768
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-673v-gfv2-969w 9.0

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families,...

Incorrect check in Intel processors from 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core Processor Families, Intel Xeon E3-1500M v5 and v6 Product Families, and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Families allows compromised system firmware to impact SGX security via incorrect early system state.

Record
GHSA-673v-gfv2-969w
CVSS 3.0
9.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2017-5691 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Intel Lr1304spcfg1 Bios, published July 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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