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CVE-2011-5174

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) SINIT Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) in Intel Q67 Express, C202, C204, C206 Chipsets, and Mobile Intel QM67, and QS67 Chipset before 2nd_gen_i5_i7_SINIT_51.BIN Express; Intel Q57, 3450 Chipsets and Mobile Intel QM57 and QS57 Express Chipset before i5_i7_DUAL_SINIT_51.BIN and i7_QUAD_SINIT_51.BIN; Mobile Intel GM45, GS45, and PM45 Express Chipset before GM45_GS45_PM45_SINIT_51.BIN; Intel Q35 Express Chipsets before Q35_SINIT_51.BIN; and Intel 5520, 5500, X58, and 7500 Chipsets before SINIT ACM 1.1 allows local users to bypass the Trusted Execution Technology protection mechanism and perform other unspecified SINIT ACM functions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Intel 3450 Chipset: all versions
• Intel 5500 Chipset: all versions
• Intel 5520 Chipset: all versions
• Intel 7500 Chipset: all versions
• Intel C202 Chipset: all versions
• Intel C204 Chipset: all versions
• Intel C206 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Gm45 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Gs45 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Pm45 Express Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Qm57 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Qm67 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Qs57 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Qs57 Express Chipset: all versions
• Intel Mobile Intel Qs67 Chipset: _express-
• Intel Q35 Express Chipset: all versions
• Intel Q57 Chipset: all versions
• Intel Q67 Express Chipset: all versions
• Intel Sinit Authenticated Code Module: through 2nd_gen_i5_i7_sinit_1.9.bin; through i5_i7_dual_sinit_18.bin; through i7_quad_sinit_20.bin; through gm45_gs45_pm45_sinit_21.bin; through q35_sinit_18.bin; through 1.0
• Intel X58 Chipset: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/77554
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47096
• http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00030&languageid=en-fr
• http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/12/exploring-new-lands-on-intel-cpus-sinit.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71625
• http://osvdb.org/77554
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47096
• http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00030&languageid=en-fr
• http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/12/exploring-new-lands-on-intel-cpus-sinit.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71625

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