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CVE-2017-3197: gigabyte gb-bsi7h-6500_firmware Protection Mechanism Failure

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 09-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-3197 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in gigabyte gb-bsi7h-6500_firmware. EPSS estimates a 5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GIGABYTE BRIX UEFI firmware for the GB-BSi7H-6500 (version F6) and GB-BXi7-5775 (version F2) platforms does not securely implement BIOSWE, BLE, SMM_BWP, and PRx features. As a result, the BIOS is not protected from arbitrary write access and may permit modifications to the SPI flash.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Disclosures

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (cylance.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gigabyte2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

5 links