CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-25600 — An issue was discovered in InsydeH2O

High CVSS 7.1

An issue was discovered in InsydeH2O. A malicious operating system can tamper with a runtime-writable EFI variable, leading to out-of-bounds memory reads and a denial of service. This is fixed in version 01.01.04.0016.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.1 (3.1)
Published
2023-08-03
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Affected products

  • insyde / insydecrpkg

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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