CVE-2014-4768 (GCVE-0-2014-4768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-28 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:27
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Summary
IBM Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) on Flex System x880 X6, System x3850 X6, and System x3950 X6 devices allows remote authenticated users to cause an unspecified temporary denial of service by using privileged access to enable a legacy boot mode.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1544 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-06-04 00:00
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