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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-42446

APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means.

Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated May 13, 2025 · AMI AptioV

Check this week

CVE-2024-42446 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 13.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run AMI AptioV.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
13.00%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor AMI AptioV BKS_5.0 ≤BKS_5.39

APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor AMI AptioV BKS_5.0 ≤BKS_5.39BKS_5.0 ≤BKS_5.39

How to fix CVE-2024-42446

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-42446 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 13.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run AMI AptioV.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with AMI AptioV BKS_5.0 ≤BKS_5.39 BKS_5.0 ≤BKS_5.39. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 13.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  2. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-42446

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54476

    APTIOV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition by local means. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.