Service interruption via firmware update race condition
Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Race condition in Intel Seamless Firmware Updates allows local users to interrupt service on affected Xeon reference platforms. Intel identifies the update mechanism and race condition but has not published the competing operations or shared state that are improperly synchronized. Exploitation requires privileged local access; Intel reports firmware integrity and availability impact but does not specify whether interruption means a hang, crash, or reboot.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Intel Seamless Firmware Updates allows local users to interrupt service on affected Xeon reference platforms. Intel identifies the update mechanism and race condition but has not published the competing operations or shared state that are improperly synchronized. Exploitation requires privileged local access; Intel reports firmware integrity and availability impact but does not specify whether interruption means a hang, crash, or reboot.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23599
- Published
- Sep 16, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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