CVE-2024-7344
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHowyar UEFI Application "Reloader" (32-bit and 64-bit) is vulnerable to execution of unsigned software in a hardcoded path.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe application accepts signed data without properly verifying the signature, so an attacker can forge or tamper with content that the system is meant to trust — tokens, updates, licences. Everything built on that trust then becomes unreliable. Remediation is verifying every signature against the correct key and rejecting anything that does not validate.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 10.1.024-20241127< 10.2.023-20240927< 10.2.023_20240919< 11.2.023-20240927< 10.3.024-20241127< 10.3.021-20241127< 8.4.022-20241127CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped8.4.022-2024112710.1.024-2024112710.2.023_20240919
Apply UEFI revocation list from uefi.org and upgrade to fixed versions (e.g., Neo Impact 10.1.024-20241127, Greenguard 10.2.023-20240927, etc.)
- 1. Download the UEFI revocation list file from https://uefi.org/revocationlistfile
- 2. Verify the authenticity of the revocation list using official UEFI.org resources
- 3. Apply the revocation list through your system's UEFI firmware update mechanism or OEM-provided tool
- 4. Update affected software to the fixed versions: Neo Impact to 10.1.024-20241127 or later, Greenguard to 10.2.023-20240927 or later, Sysreturn to 10.2.023_20240919 or later, Smart Recovery to 11.2.023-20240927 or later, Ez Back System to 10.3.024-20241127 or later, Hdd King to 10.3.021-20241127 or later, Erecoveryrx to 8.4.022-20241127 or later
- 5. Restart the system to ensure the revocation list and updates are fully applied
- 6. Verify that the hardcoded path in Howyar UEFI Reloader no longer executes unsigned software
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