CVE•Published 2022-01-06•Modified 2026-08-11•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-45971Insyde · Insydeh2o
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
20
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 80% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in SdHostDriver in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 before 05.43.25, and 5.5 before 05.51.25. A vulnerability exists in the SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer (CommBufferData).
Timeline
Published 2022-01-06
Modified 2026-08-11
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2021-45971Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Insyde Insydeh2o"All exposed Insyde Insydeh2o instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Insydeh2o"HTTP body or banner mentions "Insydeh2o" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-45971Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-45971Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-45971Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-45971GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-45971" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-45971 on GitHub.