CVE-2023-34853 — Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Supermicro motherboard X12DPG-QR 1

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Supermicro motherboard X12DPG-QR 1.4b allows local attackers to hijack control flow via manipulation of SmcSecurityEraseSetupVar variable.

01What is this vulnerability?

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Supermicro motherboard X12DPG-QR 1.4b allows local attackers to hijack control flow via manipulation of SmcSecurityEraseSetupVar variable.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-03T13:49:27.018Z

09References

• www.supermicro.com — https://www.supermicro.com/Bios/softfiles/17136/X12DPG-QR_1.4b_X1.02.61_SUM2.10.…
• www.supermicro.com — https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/security_BIOS_Aug_2023