---
id: CVE-2025-10238
title: "During an internal security assessment, a\_potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in the BIOS of some ThinkPad products could allow a privileged local user to execute code in System Management Mode (SMM)."
summary: "During an internal security assessment, a\_potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in the BIOS of some ThinkPad products could allow a privileged local user to execute code in System Management Mode (SMM)."
severity: medium
cvss: 6.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-787
published: '2026-06-10'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T20:10:00.247'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10238'
references:
  - url: 'https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-218282'
    label: psirt@lenovo.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00121
epssPercentile: 0.01682
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T20:23:19.461Z'
---

## Overview

During an internal security assessment, a potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in the BIOS of some ThinkPad products could allow a privileged local user to execute code in System Management Mode (SMM).

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.