CVE-2023-6215

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Publication date:

07/10/2025

Last modified:

08/10/2025

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Sure Start’s protection of the Intel Flash Descriptor in certain HP PC products, which might allow security bypass, arbitrary code execution, loss of integrity or confidentiality, or denial of service. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Physical
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0

7.20

Severity 4.0

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13064666-13064688-16/hpsbhf04061