CVE-2024-40885

8.7 highEPSS 0.1%

High (8.7). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use after free in the UEFI firmware of some Intel(R) Server M20NTP BIOS may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.7 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS 3.1

6.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2024-11-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01175.html

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