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CVE-2021-3971

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting certain Lenovo Notebook devices, stemming from a legacy driver mistakenly included in the BIOS image. An attacker with elevated privileges could exploit this flaw by modifying an NVRAM variable to alter the firmware protection region, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< e8cn33wwCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideapad_3-14ada05_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< hbcn21wwCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideapad_3-14ada6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< glcn43wwCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideapad_3-14alc6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< dzcn42wwCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideapad_3-14are05_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< hbcn21wwCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideapad_3-15ada6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.lenovo.com / us/en/product_security/LEN-73440
Vendor Advisory